Farm-Prize Competition, 1880. 
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This is the general practice ; the ewes are then fed off after one 
crop of lambs has been taken, and replaced by fresh ones. There 
was a remarkably good drop of lambs this year, viz., 180 lambs 
from 107 ewes. 
A large number of tegs of the same breed, or of three-parts-bred 
sheep, are bought for wintering on the turnip-crop. In two 
fields in February we found two lots, of 245 and 205 respectively. 
One lot cost 27s. 6(/. in October, and the other 24s. in August. 
They are fed with cut swedes three times a-day, and are moreover 
hurdled on swedes which they cut themselves. They get hay 
and some corn. At my visit in May I found 225 of the first run 
of tegs had gone off fat, making an average of about 50s. a-head, 
varying from 45s. to 55s. 
The number of sheep kept is 500 or 600. In February there 
were 557 ewes and tegs. In May there were 508. In July, 522. 
The sheep in February consisted of 450 fattening hoggs ; 107 
ewes ; 1 tup. In July, 254 shearlings ; 99 ewes ; 153 lambs ; 
15 shearlings with lambs ; 1 tup. 
Pigs. — Very few are kept. A couple of sows of the medium 
white breed rear their offspring, but few of the Cumberland 
farms are noticeable for their swine. 
The average of sales of stock beyond purchases, or, in other 
words, the gross return from stock, or meat made, amounted for 
the past six years to 1335/. 8s. 9rf. — -viz. beef, 546/. 17s. 3rf., 
and mutton, 788/. 4s. 6c?. — per annum. 
Labour. — Eight men are regularly boarded in the house. Three 
have cottages and five are single men. Two of the cottagers have 
milk found for their families, one pint each per head per diem. 
The head man, who is also shepherd, gets 17s. a-week, besides 
his cottage and board. A horseman gets 12s. a-week, with 
cottage and board. The cowman has 10s. a-week, free cottage 
and board. Another cowman, a single man, gets 14/. a-half- 
year wages, and board and lodging in the house. The other 
four single men get 13/. the half-year, and board and lodging. 
I give the cost of labour since Mr. Tinniswood took the farm, as 
it shows a considerable increase, in consequence of the increased 
area of cultivated land : — 
Labour — from Candlemas to Candlemas — 
£ s. d. 
1873- 4 322 8 0^ 
1874- 5 385 15 2h 
1875- 6 340 3 5^ 
187C-7 472 10 6i 
1877- 8 421 G 3 
1878- 9 420 G 2 
1879- 80 40G 0 9 
