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against using it. He also uses two American cliilled ploughs, 
and highly approves of them, both for efficiency in working 
and lightness of draught. I may say here that wherever these 
ploughs were used they were well appreciated. These, and all 
other necessary implements, were kept under cover, and around 
the shed the hand-tools were neatly hung up. 
In November, the corn-stacks then standing were small, and 
not well built. 
The live-stock in November was as follows : — 
4 Draught horses. 
2 „ colts. 
1 Very good colt. 
35 Milking cows. 
12 In-calf heifers. 
15 Rearing calves. 
1 Pedigree Shorthorn bull. 
All the above-mentioned stock are very good. 
No pigs or sheep are kept. 
The large dairy of cows did not contain one inferior animal, 
and all looked like paying their way ; they are mostly home- 
bred. In July there were 28 cows and 9 heifers milking. 
The horses were remarkably good powerful animals. jNIr. 
Callvvood is evidently too good a judge of stock, and U,o 
careful a breeder, to care about keeping any rubbish. 
The Shorthorn bull, purchased at the Birmingham Show for 
30 guineas, was worth the money, and looked like sustaining 
his owner's credit. 
Mr. Call wood's " General Management with a view to Profit " 
will be sufficiently evidenced by a few figures taken from his 
account-books, tidily kept, which we were permitted to see. 
In 1884 to 1885 the milk of thirty-five cows sold as under : — 
£ s d. 
1884: May ililk sold for 99 4 10 
June ., „ 87 19 « 
July „ „ 91 9 10 
„ August „ „ 89 0 0 
„ September „ „ 69 16 0 
„ October „ „ 82 19 2 
„ November ., „ 70 1 3 
December ,, ,, GO 19 7 
1885 January „ „ 71 2 lO-i 
,, February „ „ (j6 18 0 
„ March „ „ 91 18 lO 
April „ „ 81 18 10 
Total milk sold, carried furward .. £975 9 2i 
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