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forcing that is required to bring them out fat, such as is the prac- 
tice in the neighbouring counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire, 
at the fairs of Stockbridge (-July 10), Overton (July 18), and 
Bntford (August 12). 
The Horned, Stock . — The dairy cows and calves have the best 
of what there is, but without hay they must all go to the chaff 
house. There is now a prospect of some clover silage to mix with 
the chaff, and some hope of a few swedes to pulp. Corn and 
cake of all sorts must be mixed as required. jj 
Backward calving cows and two-year-old heifers will lay 
out in sheltered fields, with, 1 hope, nearly enough grass left for 
them to get a bite whilst the weather remains open. They will 
get a few pounds of cake or corn, and a little straw or chaff as 
convenient. The calves will run in yards supplied with straw, 
chaff, roots, meal, Ac. 
Horses . — Worked horses will receive 10 lb. of crushed corn 
per head per day, with what chaff the carters like, a few pulped 
swedes when these can be spared, or a little chaffed silage, racked 
up with cavings. Colts and brood mares not in work must lay 
out, and get a few tail oats with chaff. Yearlings generally have 
a yard, and get rather better chaff, and a bushel of oats per 
head per week. 
All this means expense. Corn is cheap, but mutton and beef 
are too cheap to ieave any margin for profit. The stock must be 
wintered, and I think if all the straw on mixed farms is converted, 
as I have suggested, there will be enough, but strict economy 
must be the rule. The prospect is better than it was a month ago, 
but the farmer who has least stock, and is able to sell straw and 
what little hay he has, will be the best off, as no feeder can 
make a profit with hay at 71. per ton, or with straw at from 
3/. to 41. Therefore, the good farmer must look to his landlord 
for help, as he will, I think, be not only doing him good, but 
himself in the long run, by sticking to his stock, and only part- 
ing with it when fat. 
T. R. Hulbert. 
IV. 
The great and terrible drought of the present year has been 
compared to that of 1868. But it differed from that drought 
in many particulars. This year the dry weather set in earlier, 
whilst in 1868 the drought extended far into July. So the 
spring corn crops in 1868 were a much better plant, whilst the 
early roots in that dry season were a complete failure. We 
must go back to 1844 to find a direct parallel to the past 
season. Then, as now, the late-sown spring corn did not come 
