14 BRITISH DAIRYING. 



to " Bradley/' These mares and the other two Shires that are 

 kept fetch grains from the brewery and manures from the stables 

 in London, and do whatever horse-work there may be on the 

 farm. 



A number of pure-bred poultry are kept in an excellent set 

 of poultry-houses. Minorcas are liked best for laying, and Leg- 

 horns, Old English Game, Cuckoo Dorkings, and Plymouth 

 Rocks for table poultry. 



The farm herewith described is a model as well as an ideal 

 farm. It is practically a grass-land farm, for only one field of 

 it is under the plough. The advantage of location is made the 

 most of in the retail milk trade. Consequently it can be re- 

 garded as a typical farm only in so far as a trade of that nature 

 is concerned, and it is one of a not very numerous class. More 

 than 90 per cent, no doubt, of the dairy farms of England 

 possess no such excellent facilities for the retail sale of milk. 

 But it is a specimen selected for notice because it offers an 

 example which may be followed with advantage in suitable 

 localities, and also because, in a period of prolonged agricultural 

 depression, it provides a pleasant picture of prosperous sub- 

 urban farming. 



