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Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. 
The ewes are put to the rams on the sewaged grass, and are 
depastured there during the day for the most part of the year, 
the exception being the depth of winter. At night they are 
folded on the surrounding arable land, while in winter they are 
supplied with long hay in racks and a few roots, cut hay and 
pollard being added in very severe weather. As soon as they 
lamb they have plenty of cake, pollard, cut hay, and roots, and 
what grass they can find on the sewage land. As soon as the 
lambs can eat they are tempted with mixtures of cake, corn, &c., 
given in troughs outside the fold. This is kept up until they 
get to consume ^ lb. per day of the mixture, which quantity 
suffices to turn the wethers off fat early in the new year. The 
ewe lambs are gradually brought back to \ lb. per day, and 
when the grass is well grown it is entirely discontinued. 
The lambs are dropped in the end of February and begin- 
ning of March, and are weaned about the middle or end of June. 
After weaning, they have the best green food on the farm as it 
comes on until September, when they begin with white turnips, 
and in October go on to ground swedes. 
The hoggets clip a little over 6^ lbs. of wool each, the ewes 
not quite 5J lbs. each. 
The fall of lambs in Norfolk last season appears to have 
been generally a moderate one ; and the Whitlingham flock 
does not in this respect figure better than its neighbours, lamb 
for ewe being barely attained. 
Pigs. — About 20 store pigs are bought at a time to consume 
the waste from the dairy ; and besides, about 1500 stones of pork 
is made at one of the detached farmyards for Messrs. J. and J, 
Colman to give their employes at Christmas. No sows for 
breeding are kept. The number of pigs fattened last year was 
142, and the cash receipts for them 630Z. Some very excellent 
and convenient fatting pens have been arranged for this purpose 
at the yard above mentioned. 
Horses. — Forty-six in all we found on the farm ; 24 being used 
for ordinary draught purposes, 4 for milk-carts and bailiff's use, 
and 18 colts of various ages. As a rule, Mr, Taylor breeds all 
he requires for farm use, and also disposes annually of about 6, 
at 4 and 5 years old, chiefly for heavy town work. His 
favourite breed is the " Shire," and he keeps at his Kirby Farm 
a large breeding stud. At our first visit he had 11 stallions there, 
viz. : " Grampian," 4 yrs. ; " Gracchus," 3 yrs. ; " Sir Garnet," 
5 yrs. ; " Norfolk Wonder," 10 yrs. ; " Grimaldi," 3 yrs. ; " Good- 
will," 2 yrs. ; " Good Boy," 2 yrs. ; " Camill," 2 yrs. ; " Gunboat," 
2 yrs. ; " Grandee," 2 yrs. ; " Boy Tom," 1 yr. Previous to 
our last visit, he had disposed of 2 of the 3-year-old stallions, 
and also 2 marcs, 4 and 5 years old, at prices for the stallions 
