in Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales. 481 
two blood-horses. A remarkably fine lot of heifers were fatten- 
ing on pasture. The feeding stock on the farm may be de- 
scribed as a flying stock. Last year Mr. Kay kept 70 ewes, 
and fed 7 score (140) young sheep bought in September. He 
also sold in December 70 fat cattle ; some of" these he had 
grazed during the summer, the others he only had for a short 
time. The cattle are fed during winter on pulped turnips, 
meal, oil-cake, and hay. The horses are fed on Indian corn. 
There is not a single labourer's cottage on the farm, this brief 
notice of which I cannot close without allusion to the beautiful 
parterre in front of the house, " her farm," as Mrs. Kay termed 
it ; it is laid out with singular taste. 
Gill Moss Farm, Croxteth, about six miles from Liverpool, the 
property of Lord Sefton, farmed by Mr. Mark Wright, is a good 
specimen of a Lancashire farm and Lancashire management. 
Its size is 222 imperial acres. The soil is both light and heavy; 
and the subsoil, clay and sand. Like the others, it is held on 
yearly tenancy. The farm was inspected on the 4th of July. 
The morning being rather wet when we arrived, we inspected 
Mr. Wright's garden and greenhouse, and were much pleased 
with the culture and beauty of his flowers and vines. The 
inspection of his farm proved to our satisfaction that it was 
alone owing to a most untoward season that he did not take a 
high position in the competition. The rotation is similar to 
those already mentioned. The crops on the farm were : — 
Acres. 
Wheat (all spring sown) 40 
Oats 42 
Clover-hay 21 
Two-year-old hay . . . . 15 
Potatoes 28 
Carried forward . . 14G 
Acres. 
Brought forward . . 146 
Swedes 2 
Old pasture 16 
Old grass cut for hay . . 58 
222 
And ^ an acre mangolds. 
The wheat promised to be a very fine crop. The potatoes 
looked very well. The young grass-hay was a heavy crop. The 
old grass-hay was not so heavy as some others we saw. Mr. 
Wright is rather averse to the use of nitrate of soda. He uses 
over 1000 tons of purchased Liverpool manure and 4 tons of 
nitrate. His mixture of grass-seeds is — 
6 lbs. red clover. 
2h lbs. alsike. 
2£ lbs. rib grass ; with 
h bushel perennial, and 
*r bushel Italian rye-grass. 
