in Northumberland and Durham in 1887. 
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considerably shortened the dav in which we had planned to 
inspect two other farms besides this one. We first looked over 
the homestead, which was crowded with feeding Cattle, and 
afterwards walked to the extreme end of the farm to see some 
Cattle which were out at grass. We took the opportunity to 
look at the turnips and swedes, and we found them good in 
quality. 
On this occasion the stock on the farm consisted of ; 
7 Horses : — 7 working horses. 
143 Cattle :—i covrs. 
8 calves. 
115 feeding steers and heifers in bvres or yards. 
16 » » on grass. 
140 Sheej) : — 140 ewes on grass. 
We were told that 140 lambs (GO of which had been bred on 
the farm, the remaining 80 having been bought in), had been 
sent out to keeping in November. 
The Horses were of a good working type. 
The Cattle, which were in various stages of forwardness, 
were not very uniform in character, but they were on the whole 
well chosen and well cared for. They were getting 4 lbs. of 
mixed linseed and cotton-cake, and 3 lbs. of steamed meal with 
chaff, and about 60 lbs. of sliced turnips a-day. The Cattle at 
grass had the protection of a shelter shod, and notwithstanding 
the inclemency of the weather, they looked well and thriving. 
The ewes were on grass, and got some turnips and turnip- 
tnps. The winter allowance is 1 ton a day among 140 of them. 
They were timed to lamb in the third week of !March, and 
when suckling their lambs would get from ^ lb. to 1 lb. of cake, 
oats, maize and bran mixed, and an allowance of chopped hay 
and straw. 
Our second visit was made on the 25th of May, and again 
the weather was far from propitious. It was bitterly cold, and 
in the afternoon it rained continuously. On this occasion we 
bad given ourselves a whole day for the inspection, and we 
visited every field on the two farms, and saw every head of 
stock on the place. Nearly all the feeding cattle had been sold 
from the bvres ; the pastures were stocked, but owing to the 
late and cold season grass was far from abundant, and the full 
quantity of stock had not been laid on. The seeds and old 
grass intended for hav were only just cleared. The ewes and 
lambs, which were divided into several lots and distributed 
about the farm, were in excellent condition, and the lambs. 
