in Northumherland and Durham in 1887. 
645 
The entry is : — 
Arable 390 2 15 
Pasture 136 3 16 
Hill or Moor 423 3 19 
921 1 10 
Taking off the quantities from the map supplied, there would 
appear to be at the present time : — 
Arable 282 3 2 
Pasture 212 3 5 
Hill or Moor 405 3 3 
Homestead Cottages, Qardens, 8 3 0 
910 0 10 
In this quantity of pasture are, however, included 117 acres 
which have been in grass for some years, but were arable when 
Mr. Drysdale entered the farm. 
Of the 283 acres, which is all that is now practically under 
the plough, the cropping for the last two years has been as 
follows : — 
1886. 
1887. 
Acres. 
59 
6tj 
Acres. 
Acres. 
51 
64 
Acres. 
60 
•■ 
125 
66 
5 
115 
57 
35 
GO 
92 
1st year 
2nd „ 
59 
.. 38 
71 
97 
283 
283 
It appears from this statement that rather more than two- 
fifths of the Arable land is in Corn, about one-fourth is in 
Roots, and one-third in Seeds. 
The main business of the farm is, as might be expected, 
Sheep breeding ; but some Cattle feeding is carried on both in 
winter and summer, there being some excellent feeding pasture. 
There are two distinct flocks of ewes kept on the farm, one 
on the Hill, the other on the sheltered and more fertile lower 
land. The Hill flock, of about 400 ewes, is of pure half-breds, 
and was started some thirty years ago by crossing Cheviot ewes 
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