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the ewes were running thinly over the meadows, having a few 
roots. The gimmer hoggs, a capital lot, were on seeds, a few 
swedes, and half a pound of a mixture comprising cotton and 
linseed-cake, lentils, malt, and dust-bran, given with a little 
haj-chaff. The fatting sheep, on cut swedes, had a more liberal 
allowance of the same ; all were of useful rent-paying character 
and thriving well. The wethers were sold alter shearing at 
9(f. a lb., weighing 21 lbs. a quarter, i.e. 31. Ss. each. The 
ewes and lambs were grazed on seeds in May, having a liberal 
allowance of common cotton-cake, and were doing well. Thirty 
of the forwardest gimmer lambs were served as an experiment. 
One died, and some had dead lambs or were barren, and 21 
ewes produced 23 lambs, which were looking well. On the 
whole, this experiment has been a success, and will probably 
be repeated on a larger scale. The lambs are always shorn in 
•July. Mr. Pearce states that he has grown a greater weight of 
mutton since he commenced this practice. The following are 
the facts as to numbers : — 
Jannary. Mu y. 
164 Breeding ewes. (163 Ewes. 
30 Ewe lambs served. (207 Lambs. 
80 Ewe lambs, not served. \ 21 Year-old Ewes. 
144 Wether hoggs feeding. j ( 23 Lambs. 
22 Shearling wethers do. i 10 Odd lots. 
3 Rams. | ( 85 Ewe hoggs. 
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The horses are of a useful, sensible t^-pe. Mares are kept and 
foals reared ; the ordinary horse-power at Welbroughton consists 
of 9 working horses and two nags. We saw some promising 
yearlings and two-year-olds, and Mr. Pearce has a wonderful 
trotting cob. Food comprises 16 lbs. a day of a mixture of 
oats, beans, and bran — one-third bran. 
Poultry are an important element. !Mrs. Pearce supplied the 
following particulars of stock at our first visit : — 
40 turkeys. 
101 Irish geese. 
• 70 fowls. 
20 guinea fowls. 
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A small number of pigs, about a score, are fed throughout 
the year. 
The situation of this farm is particularly attractive, command- 
ing lovely views of the town of Newport, Sir T. Boughey's 
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