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Agriculture of the Scillij Isles. 
No general rotation is adopted, but tLe course of cropping is 
varied according to the situation of tlie fields. The live stock 
Icept are one horse, ten or eleven head of cattle, and three pigs. 
There are no sheep. 
The land on the whole is clean and thoroughly cultivated, and 
the cattle looked healthy and well cared for, as is generally the 
case on the Scilly farms. 
The Home Farm. 
This farm is on the island of Tresco, of which it includes the 
greater part of the cultivated land. On the southern slope stands 
the residence of the proprietor, in a pleasant and picturesque 
situation. 
The garden, with its living walls of aloes and geraniums, its 
orange-trees and its myrtles, presents more the appearance of a 
Spanish than of an English pleasure ground. The road to the 
house is sheltered on the one side by a plantation of firs and pines, 
on the other by various kinds of ornamental shrubs. At a little 
distance are two large ponds, stocked with swans and Egyptian 
geese. 
The area of the farm is between 300 and 400 acres. We state 
it thus loosely because we could not ascertain the exact size. 
This ignorance of areas prevailed on all the islands, and it was 
generally difficult to obtain even an approximate estimate. 
The fields are much larger than on any of the other farms. 
The roads are good, numerous, and easily repaired. 
The farm buildings are constructed of granite, and have slated 
roofs ; they are in two distinct blocks, one recently erected, and 
the other built some years ago. The old block consists of engine 
house (with engine of 8-horse power), barn, granary and lofts 
(with two pairs of millstones), stables, chaff-house, cart-shed, 
carpenters' and blacksmiths' shops, and bailiff's house. 
The chaff-cutter is driven by horse power. The cart-shed is 
small and distant from the stables. 
The stack-yard is near the shore, and very much exposed. 
The new block of buildings, which is on the other side of the 
road, is altogether better. 
Here we have slaughter-house, house with copper for steaming 
food, piggeries, covered manure-pit, bull's house, cattle stalls, 
calves' shed, and root and hay house. 
The root and hay house has a floor above, where is another 
chaffcutter, driven by horse power. 
Provision is made for laying on water to each of the cattle. 
Thorough ventilation is obtained by means of sliding panels in 
the doors, and hinged shutters to the windows. 
