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About 1.000 tons of lime, and about 50 tons of basic slag, 

 some of it mixed with kainit, have been put on the Cowside 

 farm. The lime is burnt on the farm. 



About 5 tons per acre of farmyard manure is put on the 

 grass land intended for hay, and about 7 cwt. where slag is 

 used. 



The following cattle were seen at the different farms : — 



Coivside and Winshill. Fifteen calves ; ten two-year-old 

 heifers ; five off -lying heifers ; fourteen off-lying cows ; ten 

 milk cows (all first calf) ; two yearling bulls ; twenty-five 

 Galloway bullocks ; four Highland bullocks. These cattle 

 were all Shorthorn or Shorthorn crosses, except the Galloway 

 and Highland bullocks, and were all bred on the farms except 

 nine. Darnhrooli:. — Twelve calves ; sixteen yearling heifers ; 

 nine calving heifers ; fifteen off -lying cows ; twelve milk 

 cows (eight first calf) ; one yearling bull ; twenty-five Highland 

 heifers. These were all Shorthorn and Shorthorn crosses, 

 except the Highland heifers, and all, except eight, were bred 

 on the farms. 



We also saw the following sheep : — 550 Black-faced lambs ; 

 630 half-bred lambs ; five Wensleydale lambs ; 240 Black-faced 

 gimmer hoggs ; 100 half-bred gimmer hoggs ; 130 Yelt sheep ; 

 550 Black-faced ewes (shearlings and two shears), with Black- 

 faced lambs; 580 Black-faced ewes (three and four shears), with 

 half-bred lambs : eighteen Wensleydale rams, three Wensley- 

 dale ewes, two Wensleydale shearling gimmers ; twenty Scotch 

 rams ; and forty Scotch Black-faced gimmer hoggs. All these 

 sheep, except sixty, were bred on the farms, the forty last- 

 named being bought to make up the full number of that 

 age. There were also twelve horses (eight of them bred on 

 the farms). 



The milk cows get Driffield Union Cake once a day in 

 summer, and in winter the same cake one end of the day, and 

 linseed and cotton cake, mixed, at the other end. The calves 

 get meals and milk until they are about nine months old, then 

 a little cake for the next six months, if it is winter. The heifers 

 calving in spring get cake for two or three months before 

 calving, according to the quality of the hay. The other cattle 

 get nothing but hay. The out-liers get nothing, except when 

 there is snow on the ground, when they have hay. The sheep 

 get nothing, unless it is one that has not stood the severe 

 winter. The cattle were of remarkably good quality, more 

 especially considering the altitude of the land, and the horses 

 very suitable. 



The sheep were a great credit to the competitors, who have 

 evidently spent considerable time and thought on their breeding 

 and management. 



