The Lodge Farm, Castle Acre, Norfolk. 
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acres, which now forms part of the occupation of his son, Mr. 
Thomas Moore Hudson. The two farms had been refused by 
three persons before Mr. Hudson took them. They were both 
poor and foul ; and the outgoing crop, which was carried by the 
new occupier, amounted to 20 bushels of wheat and 24 bushels 
of barley per acre, while the roots did not enable him to winter 
more than 10 bullocks. After being cleaned and fertilized by 
the liberal use of rape-cake, the land gradually improved ; and 
now, after the expenditure for the last 30 years of between 2500Z. 
and 3000Z. per annum in oilcakes and other feeding-stuffs, as well 
as from 800Z. to 1100/. per annum in artificial manures, according 
to their price, the lOOO acres will winter from 100 to 140 steers, 
according to the root crop. 
Geology and other Physical Features. 
The Lodge Farm commences at the western edge of the great 
block of chalk on which stand the ruins of the castle which 
gives its name to the village of Castle Acre. This spot is about 
five miles due north of Ssvaff ham, and the farm extends from it in a 
north-north-west direction, the extreme northern point being nearly 
three miles distant. The south-western boundary of the farm is 
nearly coincident with the river Nar, and extends northwards to 
a point opposite, and half a mile westward of. West Lexham. 
The boundary then runs north-east, along the sole of a valley for 
most of the distance, to meet the road from Rougham to Castle 
Acre at the point where it crosses the road to Gaytonthorpe. 
Here is the sharp angle which forms the extreme northern point 
of the farm (see map, p. 462) ; the boundary then turns suddenly 
south, along the roadside, for nearly a mile, when it makes a 
bend to the west-south-west until it touches the Peddar Way ; 
and this road it follows southwards to Castle Acre. 
Physically the farm consists chiefly of the spurs of two ranges 
of hills, separated by a wide valley which runs from north-west 
to south-east, and opens out towards the river Nar in the latter 
direction ; it also includes a portion of the valley of the Nar, 
and of a lateral valley already mentioned in connexion with the 
north-eastern boundary of the farm. 
The geological features, which are represented on the map, 
very closely follow the physical. The summits of both the hill- 
spurs are capped with a drift deposit, which is, no doubt, one of 
those to which geologists apply the term boulder-clay. One 
of these patches is very small ; it is semicircular in form, the 
flat side being coincident with the Peddar Way. Of course it 
extends beyond this farm, and it forms a large portion of the 
adjoining " Abbey Farm," which was formerly occupied by Mr. 
Hudson, but which is now farmed by his son. The other patch 
