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e field, receiving 14 bushels of Oats weekly all the | Clover, Vetches, Rape, and early 'T'urnips, receiving corn g g months 
Mong. with d! chaff in winter, and Vetches and | and саке during summer and autumn, no folding takes | costing 78, 6d. per ton at the station cl by D" to 
Clove into chaff with heat straw all the|place after Christmas. Eight to o twelve hundred sheep |60 tons of guano are also bought ; per 
lama an £z a or Beans in addition at periods оѓ | аге kept during summer, 300 ог 400 only during ern applied to all Oats after А p 1 to 
| winter—a flock of about 200 breeding Hampshire Down | ewts. being applied along with dung to all thé Y 
ing kept а the y n, a Cotswold | for f darnos crops. 
them, Mos the others pon eat deal has been done on the hóme ; farm, and on 
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extra work. 
26 arable генд is cultivated on the five Risse -— 
course, viz., Wheat, Oats, ipio erops, Barley, а m being used a 
Ped Wheat ее taken in place of Barley after | ought t for feeding any in spring, d are sold fat a. 
М Re Rape, Eea апа aie summer folded green | thr agn the 
he fallow тн та e 60 пеи з of Swedes and назе tie whole into я окун на 
25 acres of. Mangels, all rought home, besides early | condition, Noth hing can be жеен em of labouf 
"ть зонт ет Tn PE Ls А msi cy Turnips and Coleseed, and some 20 aeres of Vetches—all n" the state of much of the land now in pe Ten 
150 acres Onta 150 acres seeds fo lde d with . sheep i in summer and autumn. r 12 pairs. of v earting dong on do the » fields, with 
T res fallow crops and. Vetches. fi 
The h much of 16 on chalk and gravel, is Pe aman cm of such large quantities ota j^^ broadcast over all; ploughs at work, turning the whole 
» ан А кз за stiff to е winter foldin ng | — - - дк stables and уагйв, large quantities under, thus covermg the manure; the whole followed 
dvisable, While therefore sheep are folded on manu bought. Some 30 tons per week of|by harrow, roller, and seed drill putting in the Turnips, 
seless "eje nd enclosing waste, and otherwi 
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THE PROPERTY OF 
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А. = т. Ross's House, including Parlours, Kitchen, Offices, P, Coal-house ; д, Stationary Engine, ^ ^p Иш close Ьу; jen el Wurzel; m, Store fof Oil-edke j й я, Stalls for 
«itself being the Dairy, and c e weigh- bridge т, Gang way. "тве building is lofty ov , carrying Fat Has Bossin, o, Bull-house ; p p, Coâlbshed and Ime 
d a ppm house close by ; d toe, Offices and Cottage; a large cistern which vae the whole ihe LM plement Shed ; q, Loose Boxes. 
es f, Loose Boxes; f, peel h, Shed od ue stead ; s, Steaming-hou t, Chaff-h и, С. аа, Cart-shods ; b, d ^s ё, Fire Engíne ; d, Cat- 
о Upper Granary ; ii, Granary ; Cos v, Baddlers' shop. к 4 Pai зё Wheel-wrigh's. shop 
бшу divided into separate Pens a Gangways for Foon- B. a, Oat Barn; b, Wheat Barn Bar! d, Seed- (wi pe а" ееп M m); ^ Carpenters’ shop, 
e of Feeding ; 1 11, Farm-horse stables; ; РЕБ, Нат- rooms}; ёе, Store- -rooms ; f. à "Cow- id C Bullock- Mh Store- L aea ap nd Carpenters’ stores at the end ofit ; 
i Rooms mm, — sheep shed, the troughs pulling вав: 09. Yards for other Cows, Bullocks, and Young j, Engines shed and Ба w-beneh; Л, а ту » Do., 
out into the open on the lines of railway marked on the Stock; h h, Dung-pit ; 1i, Pigsties with Boiling-room at do.; j, Bricklayers" Stores; k, t, Dô., 
plan 4 е ы with food and pushing back n^ one mA and Water-closet at the pibe ; k, Slaughter- т, Blackamità'a Shop n, Bhoeing due 
within the pens ; ^, Shepherds'Granary ; o, Fowl-house house; 1 1, Storage for 1000 or 1200 tons of 'Swedes and | D. Qora Shed with t be 4 d adn the e of i. 
as we saw the whole proceeding a few weeks ago in a | durin ee and in the pastures during summer ; | arranged that the animals shall neither scour nor sw 
field. Жр Эмма wes more than half а poe en and so z 100 to 150 fatting Ъасоп hogs аге kept Some 160 balloeks, 80 cows, Melitta 
presented a of very active and unwasted шинин, tho vent. several score of sheep in sheds. ork of рғер 
industry, It is à very large manufaetory of indeed.|their food, chaffing, Mr In ous at tta 
Tho main purpose of of the hoimestend to which we анн ане pir for 71. |7 men (опе of them the foreman i Ela 
bave partieularly to draw attention is-the manu | to 8. apiece; 8 or 10 cows are sold off, and 100 to 150 pe us t erede m Ber ce pe d 
g is one or most striking features 
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facture of meat, то мы (77 are filled M: fat Galloways апа Kyloes are sold—a : cattle 
come wite roots, straw, and ie A ; tot his епа steam | lot of eiit, аен йр 961. to 801. apiece, and upWards | feedin T ШЕ that - most 
and machinery are ided for threshing the of 8 owt. Some 800 to 1000 fat sheep are sold, management, here, ue Voi ма arrangement 
ing and crushing pcc and саке, steaming | averaging 24 28 lbs. a quarter. The | strikes the yeso tod Mr. Ross ünderstands 
food, and pulping roots ; to thi young Galloways, spring, are fi and m ment ya hei А itag. fotemen responsible їй 
grains are brought every week Burton (at the | on the in the park ; they e grains, hay, chaff, | the art he еа eed) ments: does tot himself give 
т bushel, delivered), and some 15 cwt. of | and Turnips during the first month оп being the de: 1 men in his employ, but looks 
с бе йезе үеде auar iea gari samet anr ТУ, Ий: май аса Пон бе н; trei 
Н digestive, and large quantities of | ort they get cake and up А There is thus great пеабйевз, clean- 
, and along | being carried out. y rhole ‘of this large 
саке and grain are bought and served out dajly. То | е former and 1 of the latter Milit, , 
ept,and some and Mangel Warzel, th ia inerdasod |1 order апа 'quiet over the w 
this end a herd of about 30 cows are k 80 | with Swedes winter seasor, when all 
0 100 ealves are bought all through tho autumn and t0 5 Tos. of the former and a peck of the The е н emi. d de rte 
sold as yearlings, excepting 8 or 10 heifers kept оп to | last month or two "ey rece tit while tied ар in раан vitis 1 nd 
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maintain , is en while in 
© "lo ensi = M puis кү өүө yeast besorgen ЖД is sö even noisy interference which o one often witnesses, 
