Report oil some fmtures of Scottish Agriculture. 
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taken from them tbey are feci off with the steers. Six dairy cows 
are kept, and their calves, as well as the others, are kept on 
until they are fattened for the butcher at three years old. Calves 
begin to drop in January, but some are as late as May. The 
calves from the dairy cows arc brought up by hand, the others 
suck their dams for about eight months, and are then weaned on 
oilcake and straw, but are not setoned. The young beasts are 
fed in winter on pulped turnips and chaff, the calves getting 
2 lbs. of cake in the morning for about two months. The first 
feeding beasts go into the byres about the middle of August, and 
get tares three-fourths ripe with straw until the turnips are 
ready, when they get whole turnips, with their " shaws " on, 
and straw three times a day, and at night a feed of mashed grain 
and potatoes. For the last two months they get oilcake, begin- 
ning with 2 lbs. each per day, and increasing to 4 lbs. at the 
finish. The following rules for the guidance of the horsemen 
and cattlemen will give further details on this subject, and also 
show the careful manner in which matters are regulated on this 
farm : — 
Piules for Cattlemen on the Farm of Tipperty. 
A. 31. 
1. Clean out the stalls until 10 minutes past 6 
2. Turnip the cattle » 20 „ to 7 
■3. Clean out the byres ,,10 ,, past 7 
4. Cle;xn down the rumps of cattle .. .. „ 30 „ past 7 
5. Straw the cattle „ 15 „ to 8 
6. Bed uf) the cattle „ .. .. 8 
1. Pull turnips until .. .. 11 
2. Turnip the cattle ,,•'50 minutes past 11 
3. Bed up the cattle „ 15 „ to 12 
4. Straw the cattle „ .. .. 12 
P.M. 
5. Interval ,, .. .. 2 
1. Clean the cattle thoroughly until 30 minutes past 3 
2. Clean stalls and turnip ,, .. .. 4 
3. Clean out the byres „ 30 „ past 4 
' 4 Straw the cattle ,,15 ,, to 5 
5. Bed up the cattle ,, .. .. 5 
6. Interval „ .. .. 7 
1. Give the cattle oilcake or bruised oat?, ttc. until 30 minutes past 7 
2. Bed up the cattle „ . . . . 3 
P.S. — Each Cattleman to wash his cattle once a fortnight, and to keep the 
dung pit well levelled down, and to turn out his cattle every fourteen days, 
i\nd also to attend the thrashing mill when working after 8 o'clock, a.m. 
BwZes for the Horsemen on Tipperty. 
1. Each horseman on entering on his services at Tij^perty, will have his 
horses handed to him with cart and plough harness, comb and brushes, carts, 
