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good's flock, with the exception of the offspring relying more 
on the grass land of this farm. Those ewes that turn again after 
having been with the ram in August, are put to a long-wooUed 
tup, and their lambs are sold off fat instead of coming out as 
yearlings off the roots. The off ewes are sold fat to the butcher 
in the summer, or early in the autumn. The lambs are shorn, 
and will average 2^ to 3 lbs. of wool each, the stock ewes 
cutting from 5^ to 6 lbs. per head. 
Fences, Sfc. — The fences round the pastures are wild and 
rough ; and those enclosing the arable fields are of the character 
already adverted to, growing on their high and wide banks, 
maple, sloe, elm, ash, and oak. There are no roads, with the 
exception of that approaching the house. 
Manures and Food Purchased. — The quantity of linseed-cake 
and corn consumed amounts to the value of 400Z. per annum. 
Superphosphate for roots costs 50/. a-year. 
Cottages and Labour. — There are nine cottages attached to 
the farm, three of which are thatched. They contain two bed- 
rooms each. 
The labour-bill averages 25s. per acre, and has increased 5s. 
per acre within the last three years. The value of task-work 
has also rapidly risen. 
Improvements. — The permanent improvements effected by the 
tenant on Durleigh Farm, in underground draining, subsoiling, 
levelling hedges, filling in marl pit, putting up wire fencing, 
and reclaiming bog, have exceeded a cost of 335/. 
The farm is economically managed ; the crops upon it are 
likely to be productive, and the stock is good. 
Mr. Gadd Davis's Farm. 
A. K. r. 
Arable 125 2 9 
Pasture 86 0 17 
Total . . . . 211 2 26 
Situation, Soil, Climate and Geology. — This farm is within 
6i miles of Taunton, in a westerly direction. It combines a 
mixture of several soils, being situated at the junction of the 
new red sandstone with the dolomitic conglomerate. The sub- 
soil consists of clay and gravel, and the bottom meadow-land is 
an alluvial deposit on them. The land is not naturally rich, but 
it has a strength of character that will produce good results in 
return for superior mechanical cultivation. The climate is equal 
to any in this favoured county. 
