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done justice to it if I had not recorded these details ; and if any 
reader of this ' Journal ' should be tempted to inquire more par- 
ticularly how both ends are made to meet, and something more 
besides, in these bad times, on land without any exceptional 
advantages of fertility or position, where almost no produce but 
the stock is sold, they might do worse than turn out of their 
way from Carlisle or Penrith and seek this information of 
Thomas Kitchen, of Thomas Close. 
The other farms in Class II. present some points of interest, 
but I shall not dwell on them very long. 
Mr. Savage's Farm, Hakging Bank. 
Mr. Savage's farm at Hanging Bank is in the vale of the Eden, 
not far from Appleby, and is chiefly noticeable for a very good 
flock of Lincoln sheep. It is 145 acres in extent, of which Dl 
acres are arable and 54 pasture. No conditions are signed, and 
he farms as he likes, but generally on the usual system of the 
country, except that barley and wheat always follow roots. 
The land is a fertile loam of a reddish colour ; not strong, 
but deep, with round stones. It is on the Permian system, 
which fills up the basin of the Eden. 
Fine Grain. — Fine quality of grain of all sorts is grown, and 
last year a sample of Mr. Savage's potato-oats took first prize 
at the Birmingham Show, and wheat took second prize at the 
same exhibition. The oats weigh 46 lbs. a bushel in a good 
season. Most of the corn is sold for seed. 
Lincoln Flock. — No flock worth talking about was kept on the 
farm previous to 1875. It rotted sheep up to that time ; but 
drainage operations, carried on for the last twenty years, have 
altered this, and a small but good flock of Lincolns is now main- 
tained in very healthy condition. This flock has been gradually 
increasing: in 1876 there were only 19 ewes and 23 lambs ; in 
1877, 40 ewes and 49 lambs; in 1878, 42 ewes and 53 lambs; 
and in 1879, 53 ewes and 69 lambs, and at this the flock at 
present stands. Tups are bred on a large scale, and find a 
market at Penrith and other places for crossing purposes ; none 
are castrated. In 1879 they averaged 9Z., but last year only 6Z. 6s. 
The blood is some of the best in Lincolnshire, and a fine old 
four-shear ram here, bred by Mr. Howard of Nocton Rise, cost 
40/. A very good three-shear clipped 20J lbs. of wool this 
spring. He is a fine sheep with a rare leg of mutton, but not so 
good on his shoulder top. A very good two-shear went to 
