22 
Report of the Judges on the 
not subject to any disease, and that he " never knew a healthier 
lot, and 1 have had to do with many horses all my life." The 
horses get no corn, and nothing but rye-grass from May to 
November, and in the winter rye-grass and meadow-hay, home- 
grown oats, and Indian corn ; and they are in constant work in 
all weathers. 
Pif)s. — About ten pigs were on the farm ; one breeding sow 
and store pigs are usually kept. They are fed on skim-milk, 
garden-stuff, Indian meal, and swill procured from the neigh- 
bouring barracks. 
Sanitary. — Eleven persons reside on the farm, including eight 
children, and about eight other men work on the farm, who do 
not reside thereon. 
Colonel Jones reported that, " The children have had 
whooping-cough, mumps, and measles, and that, besides these, 
one slight case of acute rheumatism, and common catarrhs 
and coughs have been the only diseases of any kind endured 
by the men who reside on the farm, or any of their families, or 
by those of men regularly employed on this farm. No children 
of persons resident on the farm, and none of the men regularly 
engaged on the farm have died." 
Class 1.— Aldekshot Sewage Faem. 
This farm is the property of the Secretary of State for War, and, 
when in a state of common, in 1864, was let to Mr. James T. 
Blackburn, on lease for sixteen years, rent free, together with 
the sewage flowing from the Camp at Aldershot, containing a 
population of about 8000 persons. 
The farm contains about 104 acres, 99 of which are under 
sewage cultivation, the remaining portion being occupied by 
buildings, cottages, gardens, roads, fences, &c. It is situated on 
the Bagshot Sands, and consists of a light sandy soil upon 
a subsoil of ferruginous gravel. Experiments have been made 
upon this soil as to its power of absorption, and, on an average 
of three experiments, the soil is shown to be capable of absorbing 
36"2 per cent, of its own weight of water, a quantity which 
indicates that the soil is of a porous character, as Avill be seen 
by reference to similar experiments upon the soil of other 
sewage farms which have been examined. The land was ori- 
ginally not worth 55. per acre, but its value under the judicious 
management of Mr. Blackburn has been very considerably 
increased. For some years after being brought into operation, 
the farm was carried on at a loss to the tenant, but an ex- 
