Typical Farms in Cheshire and North Wales. 
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ing spring, and seeded down with 31b. red clover, 31b. cow grass, 31b. 
giant white clover, 3 lb. Alsike, and 14 lb. rye-grass per acre. If the clover 
is intended to remain down longer than two years, more permanent grasses 
are added. 
From the foregoing description it will be seen that the outlay in artificial 
manures and purchased stable manure from Crewe is very considerable, but 
I am debarred by Mr. Parton's wish from giving figures on this and on other 
points connected with his management. The result, however, was shown 
in the large crops of oats growing on the somewhat lighter and sharper lands 
of the holding, and in the grand seeds that were put up for hay or being 
depastured on the farms, and this notwithstanding the exceptional drought 
of the season. The potatoes were good and regular. The Bruce, Reading 
Giant, Cheshire Prince, and Myatts varieties were planted. The mangel 
(Yellow Intermediates) were not very regular, and the swedes were checked 
by the season and the fly. 
Mr. Parton relies chiefly on his seeds for hay, and only mows some 16 
acres of low-lying meadows. These are cut annually, and in addition 
80 acres of seeds were this year set aside for fodder. The clovers, which 
were being cut when the farm was visited, were unusually good for the season, 
and looked like yielding over two tons per acre. The grazing leys were 
also most encouraging. The pastures were likewise satisfactory, and although 
they had carried a large head of stock showed but slight signs of burning. 
Mr. Parton has laid down 70 acres of land to permanent pasture during the 
last five years. This was dressed with bones after the first year, and is 
doing exceedingly well. 
At the period of inspection there were on the holdings: — 
9 cart horses (2 being breeding mares in foal). 
2 „ colts. 
150 dairy cows. 
00 yearling heifers. 
43 rearing calves. 
1 aged pure-bred Shorthorn bull (“Veteran II.”), 2nd prize, E.A.S.E., 
Carlisle. 
1 aged pure-bred Shorthorn bull (“ Thorndale Waterloo Duke ”). 
1 yearling pure-bred Shorthorn bull (“ Squire Teasdale ”) 
1 tlrree-year-old Shorthorn heifer (Winner, Champion M. & L. 
Society, 1892). 
1 two-year-old Shorthorn heifer (“Wild Duchess”), and several 
yearlings, all very fine animals. 
112 breeding ewes (Shropshires) and 143 lambs. 
35 yearling ewes „ 
2 Shropshire rams. 
12 breeding sows (Middle White breed). 
103 feeding and store pigs (33 feeding and 70 store and young ones). 
1 boar. 
A large number of poultry, — 200 chickens, 82 goslings, 78 young 
turkeys, and 60 ducklings. 
The dairy cattle are divided into two herds. Eighty are stationed at 
Weston Hall, 70 at Chorlton. They are not changed from one holding to 
the other, but graze upon the same fields exclusively, two large cow-pastures 
being set aside for them on each farm for a day and night pasture. The 
young cattle and sheep are allotted to other fields. The Chorlton dairy and 
cheese farm, built some 7 or 8 years ago by Mr. Parton on a sliding-scale 
arrangement, is thoroughly and practically equipped. The Chorlton dairy 
is devoted entirely to cheese-making on the medium-ripening process, and 
from two to three cheeses are turned out per day ; that at Weston partly to 
