34 THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FAKM. 



and how many pigs you shall fatten : All these conclu- 

 sions can be reached with some safety on the data thus 

 supplied. 



It is, however, safer to give, in the case of a number of 

 farms, the actual equipment which exists than to depend on 

 calculation ; and the following accordingly are a number of 

 examples by which the reader can guide himself. 



(1) North Charford Farm, at Downton, Salisbury, leased 

 by Professor Wrightson, and now known as the College 

 Farm, is 550 acres in extent. Like most of the farms in 

 its district, it is long and rather narrow consequent upon 

 the general practice of allotting a share of water meadow 

 and river frontage, of good alluvial land, and of middle land 

 and down, whether broken or unbroken, to each occupation. 

 These farms, therefore, comprise a considerable variety of 

 soils, and most of them include areas of irrigated meadow, 

 marsh, dry pasture, down, alluvial land, and chalk soils of 

 varying depth and quality. These peculiarities mark them 

 out as suitable for three important uses (1) sheep ; (2) 

 corn ; and (3) dairy. 



The arable land is of fair quality throughout, and 

 capable of yielding, per acre, in fine seasons, and when well 

 managed : 7 to 8 sacks of wheat ; 8 to 10 sacks of barley ; 

 15 to 20 sacks of oats ; 12 to 20 ton of roots ; 15 to 30 ton 

 of mangel ; 10 to 12 ton of cabbages ; 1 J- to 2 ton of hay. 

 The land is all worked with two-horse teams, and these are 

 yoked abreast. The arable land naturally dry, can be 

 worked even after severe rains, and is admirably suited for 

 sheep. The flock, in fact, regulates the cropping and 

 general outlines of management. The dairy leads a some- 

 what independent existence, being chiefly maintained upon 



