in Northumberland and Durham in 1887. 
611 
19, 20, 21. Seeds of second and fifth year; grazing heifers, ewes and lambs. 
23. Third year's seeds; young ewes, nearly fat; from them lambs have 
gone away fat. 
24. Oats after turnips ; fair crop. 
The numbers of Cattle and Sheep on the farm at this time 
were as follows : — 
112 Cattle, viz. : — 5 fat in byre. 
13 heifers, fat. 
38 steers, most of them fat. 
24 feeding heifers. 
12 grazing heifers for wintering. 
8 cows. 
3 stirks. 
9 calves. 
340 Sheep, viz. : — 45 cast ewes and shearlings, fat. 
104 ewes and rams. 
146 lambs. 
Since our last visit 18 head of fat cattle had been sold at 
16/. IO5. and 17/. ; 62 shearlings and cast ewes, averaging 44.v. ; 
60 lambs, averaging 34s. 6c?. 
The following are the wages of the labourers emploved on 
this farm ; — 
Steward 18 
Shepherd 17 
Horsemen 
Wages per 
week. 
d. 
0 
0 
17 6 
and 
17 0 
Perqttisites. — All have cottage and 
garden rent free, half-a-ton of 
potatoes, 1?. in lieu of dinners 
formerly provided in harvest. 
The stackyard was very neat, and the fences and gates through- 
out were in excellent order. In this and every other respect 
the farm presented a striking contrast to much of the land in 
the immediate neighbourhood. 
]Mr. Angus keeps accurate and detailed accounts of receipts 
and expenditure, and these were open to the inspection of the 
Judges, who were furnished with copies of the balance-sheets 
for the last two years. As, however, he preferred that these 
should not be published, his wishes have been respected. The 
following items have been abstracted : — 
[The accounts refer to tlie wbole occupation, 4S4 acres, with a 
little more than 200 acres of arable. The year ends 13lh Ma}'.] 
The expenditure on labour was in round figures 
That on cake 
1886. 
£ 
390 
584 
160 
1887. 
£ 
390 
471* 
* In this year a larger quantity of home-grown corn was used for feeding. 
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