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foaling they have a month's run with the foals, and then again 
put on to half-time work. At five months' old the foals are 
weaned, their keep after that being oats and bran, with the run 
of the pastures ; and as soon as the barley is cleared from the 
fields they are run over the young clovers, and then again sent 
to the meadows as long as the weather is open, being taken 
into the yards at nights. 
The cart-horses are, during the summer, fed on green lucerne 
in the yards, getting in addition 4 stone of maize steeped in 
water, and 1 stone of bran per week per horse. In winter they 
receive a bushel of pulped carrots mixed with chaff, and 3J stone 
of peas or oats per horse per week, with hay. 
As is common in Suffolk, and Norfolk also, the cart-horses, 
after being fed, are turned into a well-littered yard with a shelter 
shed, where they remain for the night. This is an old practice, 
and was current in Arthur Young's time ; and it is contended 
that it entails fewer veterinary surgeon's bills, and that a horse 
so treated never swells in his legs, and will hold his work several 
years longer than one confined in the stable. 
Book-keeping. — Farm Account-Books are used to record 
all the farm transactions, which is done in a tolerably 'clear 
manner. 
To sum up, the soil of this farm, for the greater part, is 
naturally poor and hungry ; but yet, with a moderate outlay for 
feeding stuffs and manures, good crops are obtained, rent is 
made for the owner, employment for the labourer, and a fair 
return for the time of the tenant and for his capital invested in 
the undertaking ; and though a strict martinet might take 
exception to the gates and fences, yet once inside them, the land 
is found free from weeds, and managed in such a practical and 
skilful way, and with stock so suitable for it, that we thought 
Mr. Wolton well entitled to the second prize, which we awarded 
to him. 
Class II. — First Prize, £75. ' 
Awarded to Mr. Edwin T. Learner, Burgh, near Ayhham, 
Norfolk. 
Comprising Arable land . . . . 280 acres. 
Grass „ .... 64 „ 
Total .... 344 „ 
This farm is the property of the Executors of the late Edmund 
Burr, of Burgh, and is held on a sixteen years' lease expiring at 
