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seed are drilled to the acre. Whenever the young plants appear 
above ground they are horae-hoed, then left till ready for thinning, 
which is usually completed in the end of May or beginning of 
June. The necessary horse- and hand»hoeing3 follow at intervals 
till towards the close of July, when the crop is left thoroughly clean. 
Swedes (Webb's Imperial) were just coming above ground 
at the date of the May inspection. On the 4th of the month 
they had been drilled on the flat 23 inches apart, with 3 cwt. of 
Webb's No. 2 turnip manure per acre. In July they were a 
most excellent and promising crop. 
The stock was as follows : — 
stock 
December 
May 
July 
7 
7 
4 
40 
35 
19 
Pigs . 
2 
3 
3 
No sheep are kept on the farm. 
In December there were three working horses, a three-year- 
old nag filly, a two-year-old colt cart-horse, a yearling cart-horse, 
and a yearling nag foal. The three-year-old filly gained the 
second prize at the Trent Show in 1887 in the driving compe- 
tition. All the horses were good and useful animals. 
The leading feature of the farm is the dairy, and Mr. 
Shelton's method of management seems to be unique. The 
cows vary in number, but on an average there are about 22 in 
milk, all shorthorns. The system usually followed, which is 
justified by an experience of many years, may be briefly de- 
scribed. The custom is to turn out to grass in the beginning of 
the season cows in full milking order that have been purchased 
late in winter or early in spring to replace cows that have been 
turned into the sheds to be fattened ready for sale in the late 
spring or early summer months. During the first fortnight the 
cows are turned out only during the day, and get as much feed- 
ing in the sheds as during the winter months. As the grass 
improves in character the supply of winter food is gradually 
diminished, till they are supplied with 4 to 6 lbs. of mixed 
linseed and decorticated cake per day, which amount is kept up 
all through the season. About 16 or 17 cows are turned out at 
first, but these do not keep up the supply of milk for more than 
a few weeks when grass is at its best, and additional milking 
cows are, therefore, bought as required in summer and autumn. 
In addition to the cake above-mentioned, they are supplied 
early in autumn with green clover and early turnips as may be 
required according to the condition of the pasture. Mr. Shelton 
makes it a rule not to leave cattle out during the night earlier 
