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fields, in new hay barn capable of holding 580 yards of hay, 
shippons for 25 cows, 3 horse-boxes, additions to the house, 
Dutch barn for hay in the adjoining field, painting all wood- 
work three times, »Scc., the whole expenditure by the tenant 
has been 838/. 10s. 3rf., and by the landlord 234/., during his 
seven years' occupancy. The tenant had to spend also 100/. 
in hay during the first year of his nine years' lease, of which 
two are still to run. The cow stock, all obtained by pur- 
chase — generally bought in-calf, and got the cheaper for taking 
that risk at home — have averaged 24/. apiece ; and they 
are kept two or three years, being calved on the premises, 
or sold earlier, as the tenant chooses, the calves going generally 
for 50s. to 3/. apiece. If there be any risk of milk-fever, the 
cow is drenched with linseed-oil two or three times before 
calving ; and if she falls after calving, a pint of whiskey with a 
quart of drench, containing a quarter of a pound of Epsom salts 
and six pounds of treacle, is given ; and mustard embrocation or 
plaster is applied over the loins, and she is well wrapped up. 
Mr. Hothersall showed us the books which he kept. A daily 
journal ; a cash book ; a provender book ; a stock book, with 
particulars of purchases and sales ; a milk notebook ; a horse 
notebook, with particulars of purchases and sales ; and a general 
outlay book. It is not necessary to transfer any of their parti- 
culars here ; the general totals^ have been already given. The 
purchase and sale of horses — farm horses generally — has almost 
always been profitable. There are one or two examples in the 
year of loss to be recorded, but generally Mr. Hothersall's good 
judgment has been justified by a profit, sometimes very large 
indeed. And we saw on his premises during all our visits 
generally three or four very valuable horses, either preparing by 
food and exercise for re-sale, or doing their share of work mean- 
while on the farm. 
Going round the buildings, of which the plan (Fig. 2) accom- 
panies this Report, we find them very compactly connected, 
shippons numbering 11 and 11a being arranged around the 
central barn ; and in direct connection with No, 14, a covered yard 
with concrete floor, and with a liquid-manure tank. Everything 
was seen in the most perfect order during all our visits. The 
tool-house, also the harness-room, are surprisingly well equipped. 
The farther shippons. No. 22 and No. 11, had been erected by 
the tenant — wooden sides on brick footings, with felt roof. 
A 4-horse-power upright engine by Barford and Perkins, 
costing 95/., has been also erected by the tenant. It grinds, 
and cuts chaff, and pumps water, and provides steam for the 
steaming-boxes. The cows were receiving on our Midsummer 
visit 7 lbs. daily of meal in half a bushel of mash, which 
