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Report of the Judges on the 
Grass-land. — This is the larger and more important part of 
the farm, and, we should say, the best and most profitable ; 
though, for the sake of the roots and litter it grows, it would 
be inconvenient to be without arable land. We have never 
seen a lot of grass-land better managed. Whether attention was 
directed to the draining of the land, the freedom from thistles, 
docks, nettles, or other weeds, the quality of the grass and 
herbage, the excellent repair of the fences, the scoured-out 
ditches, the condition of the well-painted gates and posts, the 
carefully made waterings, or the gravelled gateways, — all alike 
showed the constant attention of a thoughtful and capable 
manager. Some years since 18 acres of arable land were laid 
down to grass; it has been so liberally manured and judiciously 
treated that it is sweeter and earlier in spring, and is in fact 
better, than older turf. 
Water. — This is an important consideration on any farm, 
and especially so when many cattle are kept, and this import- 
ance is still more emphasised if there is a large dairy. Indeed, 
the high repute in which Derbyshire milk is held in London 
(the Midland Railway Company alone carry 5J million gallons 
a year) is said to be attributable to the special purity of the 
water which the cows drink from the clear streams that abound 
in this land of hills and dales. A little brook runs through 
several grass-fields, and in the course of this Mr. Bryer has 
made four waterings by damming up the stream, making an 
inclined approach, and, in one recently made, pitching the 
floor with sandstone ; so that even this dry summer the supply 
has not failed, and he has not had to do, as he did ten years 
since, drive his cattle twice daily to a brook some distance 
away ; but then the water of the little brook was wasted by 
meandering about some muddy fish-ponds in the upper field on 
the stream. Now these are drained and grow good grass. To 
make assurance doubly sure, Mr. Bryer is in treaty with the 
Derby Waterworks to bring their water from his upper home- 
stead (Mile Ash) to the Park Farm, and he intends to erect a 
milk-house, to be fitted with Lawrence's refrigerator, and con- 
veniences to wash and scald the cans and churns, and to load 
the milk into the carts. 
Cattle. — The number on the farm were in 
December. 
2 Bulls. 
63 Cows in milk. 
10 Steers. 
15 Heifers. 
5 Yearlings. 
10 Calves. 
105 
May. 
2 Bulls. 
55 Cows in milk. 
30 Feeding cattle. 
10 Heifers. 
15 Calves. , 
112 
July. 
2 Bulls. 
58 Cows in milk. 
21 F. eding cattle. 
8 Heifers. 
13 Calves. 
4 In-calvers. 
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