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Irish heifers receiving some 4 lb. of cake per head per day. 
They commence feeding in March or April, and are fattened off 
by July, August, or September. This land will also carry a 
few sheep at the same time. One hundred acres of grass on 
the other side of the railway is good land for store stock, and 
is grazed by bullocks and heifers, the bullocks being afterwards 
brought in during the autumn and fattened at the homestead, 
while the heifers are transferred to the better land. The flock 
of ewes also runs over this railway grass land. There are 
50 acres of useful grazing land also in Mr. Ord’s occupation 
at Whirley Shaws, about two miles from home, which are 
grazed by young stock. The grass land is well stocked, and is 
not specially manured. 
Hay. — Ten acres of the old grass land are annually cut for 
hay, which goes to the sheep and cows. Twenty acres of the 
pasture seeds in the third or fourth year are cut for hay for the 
cattle. The one-year seeds hay is consumed by the horses, 
hardly any being sold. All the grass land has at different times 
been treated with basic slag, with very good results ; kainit has 
also been tried, but no improvement was noticeable. 
Manures. — All the straw is consumed at home, and in this 
way Mr. Ord makes a great quantity of farm-yard manure. 
In addition to this he spends about 1502. annually on artificial 
manures and lime. Once in every eight years Mr. Ord dresses 
the clover ley (which comes into oats) with lime. He uses both 
gas lime and ordinary lump lime, the former at the rate of five 
tons per acre, and the latter at six, a part of the clover ley being 
done each year. Very good results are obtained from the gas 
lime, which can be bought at 4s. per ton, delivered Acklington 
Station, which is quite close to the farm. In addition to the 
fact that all the oats and straw, and practically all the hay, are 
consumed at home, Mr. Ord purchases annually from 2502. to 
3002. worth of cake and maize, and other feeding-stuffs. 
Horses.— The horses consist of eight working horses, one 
two-year-old, and two ponies. Two brood mares of the 
Clydesdale breed are kept, and these are put to a Clydesdale 
or Shire stallion to produce good, useful cart-horses for the 
farm. Mr. Ord only professes to breed for his own farm 
purposes, but has occasionally sold a good one for town work. 
The horses lie out all the summer, and their corn consists of 
mixed oats and maize (all bruised) at the rate of 14 stones per 
week for each pair. They are brought in during the winter 
months, the feed being the same, only greater in quantity when 
work is hard. 
Cattle. — The cattle are three Shorthorn cows, one Shorthorn 
bull, and four Jersey cows, with one Jersey bull for breeding 
purposes. The cows are allowed to rear their calves, only 
