528 
The  Yorkshire  Farm-Prize  Competition,  1883. 
solved  the  problem  of  how  to  bring  producer  and  consumer 
together  by  the  success  of  his  East  Park  Dairy  in  Londesbro’ 
Street,  Hull. 
The  “Dairy  Report”  of  this  farm  for  the  month  of  January, 
1883,  which  is  appended  (see  Table  IV.,  facing  p.  536),  will  be 
found  to  be  most  exhaustive  in  detail.  It  was  in  course  of 
preparation  at  our  first  inspection,  and  was  forwarded  to  the 
Judges  at  the  end  of  the  month.  The  report  speaks  for  itself, 
and  does  not  require  either  explanation  or  comment. 
It  is  only  fair  to  state,  however,  that  Mr.  Turnbull  being 
connected  with  business  which  requires  him  to  keep  a clerk,  he 
is  thus  personally  relieved  from  the  labour  of  transcribing  these 
reports;  but  the  Judges  have  every  reason  to  believe  that 
sufficient  personal  superintendence  is  given  to  the  details  of  the 
work  which  the  reports  record,  to  justify  them  in  accepting  the 
tables  as  substantially  correct,  and  as  such  presenting  them  to 
the  public. 
On  our  second  inspection,  on  the  1st  of  May,  we  found 
40  cows  grazing  together  on  “ Twyers  Hill,”  where  they  were 
having  a nice  bite  of  grass.  They  were  one  and  all  in  blooming 
condition.  Many  of  the  Shorthorn  cows  would  have  graced  a 
showyard ; and  for  dairy  purposes  some  of  the  crosses  might 
have  been  placed  before  them.  Taking  them  together,  they 
were  a grand  lot,  and  great  care  and  judgment  were  displayed  in 
their  selection.  They  had  generally  a good  show  for  milk.  The 
best  cow  in  the  lot  for  the  Dairy  was  said  to  be  a cross  between 
Alderney  and  Shorthorn.  A massive  blue  cow,  Galloway  and 
Shorthorn  cross,  had  the  credit  of  being  the  best  milker.  She 
had  produced  a calf  in  each  of  three  successive  seasons,  and 
had  never  been  dry  since  having  her  first  calf  as  a heifer,  having 
always  milked  through,  and  was  at  that  time  giving  17  quarts 
per  day. 
It  was  stated  that  the  cows  did  well  all  the  spring  when  fed  on 
swedes  grown  with  farmyard-manure  ; but  immediately  they  had 
swedes  grown  with  artificial  manure  given  to  them,  they  scoured 
and  went  wrong.  No  other  cause  could  be  discovered  to  which 
the  disordered  condition  of  the  cows  could  be  attributed. 
There  are,  however,  so  many  surrounding  circumstances  to  be 
taken  into  account  in  connection  with  experiments  in  feeding, 
that  results  can  only  be  said  to  be  confirmed  after  frequent 
repetition.  The  calves  from  the  Twyers  Wood  cows  are 
reared  at  Burton  Constable. 
Mr.  Turnbull  takes  an  occasional  run  through  Cumberland 
and  Westmoreland  for  the  purpose  of  buying  cows  and  heifers. 
Home-bred  heifers  from  Burton  Constable  are  now  coming  in 
for  cows  ; therefore  not  so  much  dependence  has  to  be  placed 
