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does not contain roots in sufficient quantity to enable water to 
be dispensed with, and the animals have also the daily offer of 
this. An average sized bullock, say about 50 stone, gets daily 
2 bushels of roots and 1 bushel of chaff. 
At our first visit in November we found 62 bullocks, 40 of 
which were well forward ; and at our July inspection all had 
gone except 10, and they were ready to go at any time. 
The late Mr. Wolton kept a select herd of Red Polls on the 
farm, and was a successful exhibitor in the Show-ring. The 
present tenant likewise takes an interest in the breed, and 
besides the cattle above enumerated, we found six cows of an 
excellent stamp, several of them apparently good milkers, and, 
as Mr. Wolton assured us, " all of the old blood " and regis- 
tered in the Herd Book. 
Pigs. — About 100 are annually bred and fattened on the farm. 
They are fed on uncooked food, maize meal, pulped roots, &c., 
but the mixture is made 24 hours before being used. 
Horses. — In this department of live-stock Mr. Wolton shines. 
The Suffolks have long been a speciality on this farm. Previous 
to the Norwich Show he possessed 85 cards, trophies of his 
successes in Showyards ; and a reference to his prize list indicates 
that he is yet in the front rank of the breeders of this breed 
of horses. In Class 9, for Stallions foaled in 1884, the third 
prize was awarded to him ; in Class 10, for Stallions foaled in 
1885, first prize ; and in Class 19, first prize for Mare and Foal ; 
this mare, " Queen of Newbourn," also being awarded the 
Champion prize, given by Suffolk breeders, for the best Suffolk 
mare or filly in Classes 19, 29, 30, 31, and 34. He keeps 
20 horses for farm work, including 8 brood mares, annually 
put to the horse, and from which on an average he gets 6 foals. 
Besides a good home demand for the produce of his stock, he 
frequently sells at high prices both mares and stallions for 
export to Australia ; their clean legs, docile disposition, and 
hardy constitution, rendering the breed attractive there. And 
here I may remark that if purity of blood is indicated by 
uniformity of colour, the Suffolk undoubtedly stand as the only 
unmixed breed of horses in the British Isles. In no other can 
the colour be predicted with certainty before birth, the inference 
being that there can have been no crossing or mixing of blood 
for a period dating back to the mist of ages ; and to pro 
duce any colour but a chestnut from a Suffolk sire and dam 
is not within the power of moderns, and would probably 
tax skill equal to that possessed on this point by the patriarchs 
of old. 
The mares are worked up to within a week or ten days of 
foaling, when they are eased to half time per day. After 
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