Dairy and Stuck Farms. 
521 
A few only of the annual stock of calves had been weaned : there 
was a promising lot of yearling and two-year-old heifers. The 
cows at grass were receiving 4 lbs. daily apiece of mixed decor- 
ticated cotton-cake, Indian-meal and oatmeal. They get straw 
and turnips in the sheds in winter, and receive this mixed meal 
after calving. On the arable land the oat and wheat crops were 
very heavy ; and the potato ground, with cabbages planted about 
among it, was covered with the promise of a great crop. The 
straight young thorn fences, clean and well kept, had the crops 
growing close up to them. The soil of the farm is for the most 
part a light and deep loam on the New Red Sandstone formation. 
The tenant had done a great deal to the improvement of the land 
by drains and roads and fences. The landlord also has provided 
admirable premises, of which a view and plan are given in 
Figs. 2 and 3. The plan and index need no explanation. The 
Judges nowhere saw better buildings, or buildings better adapted 
Fig. 3. — Plan of Buildings to WeaverbanJc Farm, Minshull-Vernon, 
Chester. 
a, a. Piggeries. 
b. Poultry. 
<-. Tank. 
d. Milk-house. 
Garden. 
Shed. 
Parlour. 
Sitting-room. 
Kitchen. 
Press-room. 
Boiling-house. 
Calves. 
Coals. 
p.p. 
1- 
Tank. 
Manure-yard. 
1 8 Cows. 
Bin. 
Bull. 
Bay. 
Barn. 
Si raw. 
Root-house. 
Stable. 
Harness and Gig-bou;?. 
Cart-house. 
House-yard. 
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