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On walking round the farm, among the noteworthy points 
•were the excellence of the fences, the well-grazed character of 
the pastures, the admirable herd of cows, the heavy swath then 
being cut in the meadow at the lower part of the farm, the very 
promising lot of young heifers in the farther grass-field, the 
wonderful crop of oats, and the fair and even but not heavy crop 
of wheat ; the even plant and general merit of the potato- 
field ; the swede-field, somewhat late and patchy — owing to an 
unsuccessful fight with the fly, at one end of it. The Dutch 
barn, to which reference has been made — 30 yards long by 7 
wide and 18 feet high up to the eaves, with corrugated iron 
roofing, pitch-pine uprights, and spouting, with down-spouts — 
cost 83/. 15s. 
There are two other farms in this class which deserve mention 
for energetic and successful management. Mr. John Mackareth 
occupies 179 acres, of which 80 are arable at Cockerhouse, in 
the parishes of Cockerham and Garstang, the property of Major 
C. H. Bird, of Garstang, at a rent of 360Z. Tithe, land-tax, 
poor's rate, &c., amount to 50/. more. In addition to the con- 
sumption of much of the grain produce of the farm, he purchases 
1^ tons of cake annually besides some 14 quarters of wheat, 
12 of barley, 50 of oats, and 23 of beans grown upon the land. 
He grew last year 16^^ acres of oats, 5^ of beans, 11 of wheat, 
8 of barley ; the rotation being oats or beans, green-crop, 
barley, and clover one or two years in succession. The green 
crop includes 6 acres of potatoes. He milks 28 to 30 cows ; 
and sold 4 tons 18 cwt. of cheese and 1600 lbs. of butter in 
1884 ; and he feeds 8 to 10 cattle annually. Five were sold 
at 12/., and five at 23/. each last year. His farm is well 
equipped with home buildings, and has in addition a small 
homestead at a distance. The cow-stock are very good. The 
Jandlord has applied 300/.'s worth of bones — 40 tons over 48 
acres — charging 5 per cent. : the tenant's purchase of manures 
in addition to this includes 50 tons of corporation manure, 
delivered by canal upon the farm at 4s. ^d. a ton. The sub- 
stantial stone-built home buildings near the farm-house at the 
upper end of the farm, include a capital shippon for 20 cows, 
stable for six horses, hay-barn, stalls for fatting beasts, and 
piggeries. In the outlying homestead there is a shippon for 20 
cows, loose boxes for calves, granary, &c. The young wheat 
here was so eaten down with hares in the spring that we could 
hardly see what it was. It was impossible for it to be a paying 
crop under such treatment. 
Mr. William Bradley, Arnott Farm, Little Marton, near 
