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Report of the Judges on the 
Roots. — By the side of the beans were some turnips sown in 
May on very nicely struck ridges, but before our July visit the 
fly had taken them, and a second crop was growing apace, the 
land having been re-ridged. Mangolds had suffered very badly 
from mangold-fly maggot, but would get into a crop. A patch 
of carrots, and another of potatoes, looked very well, but a few 
cabbages had a maggot at the root that was doing mischief. 
Seeds. — An excellent crop of clover had grown on one field, 
part of it was in stack, and part was being mown in July, a 
full heavy crop ; another field was the pasture of some sheep, 
and was full of white and Alsyke clovers. 
Grass-land. — All of this, 110 acres, excepting a bit of low, 
rough, undrainable land by a brook, gave evidence of care 
and skill in its management ; the quality of the grasses, the 
abundance of herbage, the absence of hassocks and weeds 
caused every acre to carry its own credentials. Mr. Price says 
that draining, bones, and sheep have done it, and he, probably, 
is right. 
Cattle. 
In Decemher. 
1 Cow in milk. 
28 Feeders. 
10 2-year-old steers. 
31 Yearlings. 
15 Calves. 
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In May. 
6 Cows in milk. 
10 3-year-old steers. 
16 2-year-old stLrks. 
17 2-year-old steers. 
15 Yearlings. 
11 Calves. 
75 
In July. \ 
6 Cows in milk. 
10 3-year-old steers, feeding. 
17 2-year-old steers „ 
21 2 -year-old heifers. 
12 Yearlings. 
11 Calves. 
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Dairy cows are here in a minority, and are only kept to rear 
calves, which Mr. Price, sen., breeds, and sells to this farm at 
255. to 305. a-head. About ten at a time seem to be reared ; 
we found them in the lambing-yard, which was dry and nicely 
littered, they had a shed to run under, and plenty of clean 
water to drink. On 1 quart of milk morning and evening, and 
plenty of green clover, they seemed to be doing very well. All 
calves get 1 lb. of cake a-day until they are a year old, then no 
cake until they are put to feed. 
Feeding-cattle. — In summer these get 3 lbs. of linseed-cake 
a-day each, and in winter, when they are in the sheds, they 
each have daily 4 lbs. linseed cake, 4 lbs. barley-meal, and 
other corn mixed, with steamed cut chaff, pulped roots and 
hay. These are about the maximum quantities of corn and cake, 
sometimes a smaller quantity is given. The feeding cattle we 
saw in December and in July were good animals, well bred 
and full of growth ; two of those we saw in December were 
specially good beasts ; grand frames and beautiful quality, 
doing equal credit to breeder and feeder. 
