of the Liquid Mamirc of a Farm. 
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the following cuttings, wliicli, in the aggregate, measured 12 feet 
in height, viz. : — 
ft. in. 
1st cuttins, 22iul May 2 G high 
2iid „ 28th June 3 0 „ 
3rd „ lOtli August •">(>„ 
4tli „ 17th Sci'tembci- .. ..2 0 „ 
5th „ 13th November .. .. 1 0 „ 
These crops were all consumed In the house ; and although there 
were but d\ acres irrigated with lic^uid manure, for stall-feeding 
through the summer, they maintained, with the aid of 8 acres of 
water-meadow, 20 cows, 4 feeding cattle, 1 bull, 8 calves, the 
partial keep of 5 cart-horses, and the total keep of a pony. The 
8 acres of water-meadow are not to be considered as representing 
tiie degree of fertility which the term of " water-meadow " sug- 
gests to a Hampshire or a Devonshire man ; I only obtained a 
very partial use of the water — seldom using it but at night, and 
on Sunday when the mills were not requiring it. I kept the 
returns of my live-stock, while feeding on grass, separate from 
the produce of the winter green-crops, so that the one was quite 
independent of the other ; but of the 20 cows, I think about five 
were dry, on the average, through the grass season. The follow- 
ing is the account in detail : — 
Cr. £ s. d. 
1 bull keep through summer 3 00 
4 cattle I'ecding 16 0 0 
8 calves, value of food 14 0 0 
Butter and cheese 94 9 0 
.5 cart-horses (partial keep) 400 
1 pony 400 
135 9 0 
Dr. £ s. d. 
8 acres -water-meadow at 6? 48 0 0 
I acre rape 6 00 
1 acre cabbage-leaves 200 
■ 56 0 0 
79 9 0 
This account represents, as fairly as I can state it, the money-return 
from 3 J acres, which equals 24Z. an acre. This same land yielded 
qrs. of oats per acre the year I took the farm, and was in 
every way completelv run out. The cows giving milk were out 
on the meadow for about three hours daily, where they had both 
food and exercise. I never had any disease among my cattle, 
which I attribute in a great measure to good ventilation. The 
Italian rye-grass and house-feeding seemed to agree well with 
the cows, as their skin testified. I found dairy-farming and the 
