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range of feeding houses, also machinery space, granaries, &c. 
An old barn has been cleverly converted into a capital feeding- 
house, and corn-chamber over. There are also two large 
Dutch barns, one erected by the landlord, the other by the 
tenant. The buildings are all spouted, but on our first visit the 
liquid manure from the yards, which are rather exposed, was 
wasted. We expressed our opinion that this might be utilised, 
and Mr. Hawkins, who has great mechanical tendencies, at 
once set to work and fitted up one of Hydes and VVigfall's small 
rotary pumps, to be worked by the engine, and so contrived as to 
answer a double purpose, viz. to draw water from a tank for the 
engine, or to drive the liquid manure by means of pipes and 
hydrants on to a grass field near the house. The field so 
treated looked extremely well, and will no doubt cut a much 
heavier crop than if it had not been so dressed, especially in such 
a dry season as this is. The whole cost of this addition, 
including the pipes, viz., the suction pipe, laid a distance of 
sixty-six yards, and the delivery pipe, which extends 290 yards, 
was as follows : — Pump and fittings, lOZ. 18s. ; 1 J in. Piping, 
19/. ; fixing labour, 4/. ; total, 33Z. 18s. The machinery, which 
is driven by a 10-horse power portable engine, which is also 
used for steam-cultivating tackle, comprises a threshing-machine, 
a bone-mill (Savory's), a clover sheller, pair of French stones, 
pulper, and chaff-cutters, &c. In the winter the engine works 
every day. The arrangement of detr.ils is excellent. 
This is essentially a grazing farm ; and beyond three dairy 
cows for the use of the house, all the horned^ stock are bought 
in, and are principally Herefords, which are admirably adapted 
to the purpose. On our first visit in January, we saw in the 
yards a grand lot of 35 three-year-old bullocks, bought in 
October, having pulped swedes, chaff, equal parts of hay and 
straw, and 4 lbs. of linseed-cake. These animals appeared very 
quiet, and were evidently doing well. On our second visit we 
found 27 of these animals waiting for delivery, having been 
sold. They had done well, and looked like an average of 
63 imperial stones, but, owing to a serious fall in prices, had 
not paid well. Indeed, we question if they would leave more 
than 6s. or 7s. a week — a return quite inadequate to the cost of 
food, which was increased in March to 8 lbs. a day, viz. 4 lbs. 
of ground corn and 4 lbs. of mixed cake. They had, however, 
done good service as manure-makers, part of their produce 
having been already utilised for the root crops, and the 
remainder was turned up in heaps in the yards, where it will 
remain till after harvest, and be carted on the stubbles. 
Returning to our first inspection, we next saw two lots of 
grazing heifers, 45 in all, tied up, getting 4 lbs. of cake and 3 lbs. 
of meal, mixed with water, and thrown on the chopped food, &c., 
