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there were fifty useful shearling rams. About two-thirds of 
the seeds are grazed, the remaining third being mown. The 
seeds are undersown with the previous barley crop, the 
mixture being as follows : — 
Grazing Seeds. 
7 lb. White Clover. 
3 lb. Trefoil. 
2 lb. Alsike. 
1 Peck Dwarf Rye Grass. 
\ Peck Italian Rye Grass. 
Mowing Seeds. 
7 lb. Red Clover. 
3 lb. Cow Grass. 
2 lb. Trefoil. 
1 Peck Mowing Rye Grass. 
Wheat follows the “ seeds ” and if these were manured, 
as they usually are, then nothing further is given except 
perhaps a little top-dressing in the spring to weak places. 
Should the young clovers from any cause not have had any 
dressing, then eight to ten loads of farm-yard manure per acre 
are put on before ploughing in the autumn. The wheat land 
was well tilled, the crops hoed and remarkably free from weeds. 
The variety grown was “ Square Head’s Master,” and the crops 
were a nice looking lot, being distinctly good for the class of 
land. The average yield is about four quarters per acre. Taking 
the corn crops all round they were nice average crops and very 
clean, but by no means as heavy as many that were seen on 
the richer lands. 
Manures and Feeding Stuffs. — It will already have been 
noticed that the system of manuring here adopted is to apply 
farm-yard manure twice during the rotation, viz., to the roots 
and to the seeds. In the case of the root crops, they receive in 
addition the artificial dressings already mentioned. Apart from 
this, however, very little artificial manure is used except where 
necessary to “ start” or “touch up ” a crop. Notwithstanding 
the great quantity of the farm produce which is consumed at 
home Mr. Evens finds it expedient to purchase large quantities 
of the various feeding stuffs, the bills for “ Cake and Artificials ” 
(the latter being admittedly small) amounting to 1,600/. per 
annum, which equals 34.§. 6f/. per acre over the whole farm. 
Stock. — The live stock on the farm at the time of inspection 
was as follows : — 
Horses. 
Sheep. 
Cattle. 
Working 
. 21 
Stud Rams 
6 
Stud Bulls . 
2 
Light Horses 
i! 
Shearling Rams 
. .5.") 
Young Bulls 
24 
Unbroken . 
3 
Ewes 
. 319 
Cows and Heifers 
— 
Gi miners , 
. 139 
in-milk and in- 
30 
Lambs . 
. 382 
calf 
92 
Young Heifers . 
40 
Drape Cows 
6 
Pigs. 
Sucking Calves . 
28 
Lincolnshire 


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