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have done mischief to the herbage and finer grasses, and rough- 
leaved grass and rushes try to grow in the furrows and low 
places. One field was laid down a few years since, and every 
year it has been top-dressed with manure or compost. The 
treatment seems to agree with it, for a good sward of fine 
grasses and white clover is the result. 
Cattle. — The numbers were in — 
December. 
49 Cows in milk. 
1 Bull. 
8 Calves. 
8 Heifers. 
66 
May. 
36 Cows in milk. 
2 Bulls. 
18 Feeding cattle. 
7 Heifers. 
8 Yearlings. 
9 Calves. 
80 
July. 
36 Cows in milk. 
2 Bulls. 
15 Feeding cattle. 
3 Drv cows. 
7 Heifers. 
8 YearUngs. 
9 Calves. 
80 
Dairy Cows. — Here is Mr. Hellaby's strongest point. We know 
not where to look lor 36 such grand dairy cows as the Twyford 
herd. For size of frame, for quality and character, for meat 
and milk-producing properties all combined and in such perfec- 
tion, they would be hard to beat. The owner says they have 
no pedigree, but we think that statement should be qualified. 
He and his father set before them an ideal dairy cow, for years 
they have striven to reach that ideal, and we now see the result. 
It is a home-made pedigree, doubtless, and not in the Herd-book, 
but still a very honourable one, and reflects the highest credit 
on the judgment and skill that have produced such a result. 
In May, in one pasture, 55 acres, were 36 cows, giving 118 
gallons of milk a-day, 40 sheep, and a horse or two. Much of 
Mr. Hellaby's land is full of stock like this, so he balances the 
account by giving to the cows food in the sheds when they come 
in to be milked. Each cow gets, daily, a peck of grains with 
4 lbs. of meal, half rice and half maize. The milk is cooled in 
Lawrence's refrigerator, sent twice daily to Willington station, 
and thence to London (126 miles), the sender paying carriage, 
2d. per barn gallon of 17 pints. 
The price obtained per " barn " is : — In April, May, and 
June, Is. bd. ; in July, August, and September, Is. Qd. ; in 
October and November, Is. 9rf. ; December, January, February, 
and March, Is. 1(V/. 
The amount received for milk in 1879, was 1088/., and in 
1880, 1219/. 
Mr. Hellaby lives up to his privileges in respect of his proxi- 
mity to Burton and the brewers' grains. When we were at 
Twyford in December, he was using from a stock of 10,000 
bushels ; in July he was again filling up his cisterns. A barn 
has been converted into a convenient mixing-house. Over one 
