Report on the Farm- Prize Competition o/"1886. 577 
From the foregoing figures it would appear that this county, 
like Norfolk, is mainly cultivated under the four-course rotation. 
Barley and wheat are the chief crops grown, no less than 50 per 
cent, of the acreage under corn crops every year being in 
barley. Oats seem to have been sown in larger quantity in 
1885 than in 1884, probably being worth more per acre than 
wheat. A considerable acreage was in bare fallow — this no 
doubt results from the large proportion of strong soil in the 
county ; in comparison with Norfolk as to this it stands as 
3 to 1. Permanent grass forms about 22 per cent, of the total 
area under cultivation. 
The climate of Suffolk is cold in the spring, but very dry. 
The average rainfall for the 15 years from 1866-80 was only 
27'72 inches per annum, being thus nearly 1 inch in the year 
less than the mean fall in Norfolk during the same period. 
Frosts are severe, and N.E. winds are sharp and prevalent ; 
on the whole, however, the climate of this county must be 
reckoned favourable. 
The Live-stock Statistics may be thus summarised : — 
Horses : — 
Used solely for agricultural purposes 33,364 
Unbroken horses and mares kept solely for breeding 
purposes 9,797 
Total .. .. 43,161 
This gives one pair of working horses to every 40 acres of 
land under cultivation ; or one pair to every 36 acres of arable 
land. 
Cattle :— 
Cows and heifers in-calf or milk 22,804 
Other cattle • 47,302 
Total .. .. 70,107 
Bred in the county during one year 8,658 
Died from disease or accident 1,290 
Slaughtered for meat on holdings .. .. 3,498 
4,788 
3,870 
Most of the cattle in the county must, according to the 
above figures, be imported from other parts of the kingdom, 
and there is no doubt that thousands of cattle are brought in 
annually from Scotland and Ireland. Our statistics only show 
1 beast to every 11 acres, but we must consider that, as in 
Norfolk, there are thousands of cattle never returned at all, 
