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some 40 tons of mixed cakes ; about 12 tons of bran and dried 
grains, &c., are purchased. The average outlay in recent years 
has been for cake 275?., and for “ corn ” (bought) 195Z. 
Artificial manures run to 40?. per annum. 
Horses. — Seven working horses, two three-year-old colts, 
and two yearling colts. 
Cattle. — Twenty-two cows and heifers with twenty-eight 
calves, five yearling heifers, and five two-year-old heifers. 
Sheep. — One hundred and sixteen breeding ewes, forty 
gimmers, 170 lambs, four rams, all pure-bred Lincolns. 
Pigs. — Seven young stores and seven feeding pigs, one 
boar. 
Poultry. — One hundred and fifty hens, fifty pullets, and 
sixty cockerels. 
Management of Stock. 
Horses. — During summer the hoi'ses run out to grass, '“i In 
winter they receive an allowance of one stone of “ sharps,” 
with a little bran, per head per day, along with cut clover and 
old oat straw. They also get per head per week one linseed 
cake, which is made into porridge and served with the cut 
feed. 
Cattle. — The cattle are very good and consist of pure-bred 
Lincoln Red Short-horns, all of which are entered in the Herd 
Book. About twenty-two cows and heifers are kept, the cows 
rearing two and the heifers single calves. They are all grazed 
on grass during the summer with the calves. The best male 
calves are kept entire, six or eight bulls being sold every spring 
at the Lincoln April Sale. These young bulls are induced to 
eat a little cake and crushed oats as soon as possible, and 
allowed to run with their darns as late as advisable. The 
remaining calves are weaned in the autumn, six of the best 
heifers being brought into the herd, and the rest sold as 
yearlings in the spring. The dams are wintered on barley 
straw, with an allowance of 4 lb. mixed linseed and cotton 
cake (equal parts) and a few roots, a foddering of clover 
being given once a day for a few weeks before coming down 
for calving. The young holding stock receive 3 lb. mixed 
cake, a few cut roots, and a little clover once a day all the 
winter. The yearling calves are allowed 4 lb. mixed cake, 
a few cut roots and mixed barley and oat straw chaff, with a 
foddering of hay once a day, the allowance being gradually 
increased towards sale day. 
Sheep. — The sheep also are very good, being of the pure- 
bred Lincoln type and all entered in the Flock Book. The 
ewes are grazed on new seeds and “ eddishes ” during summer 
and are fed on roots in the winter, generally from November 1 to 
