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sufficient dairying being done to supply the house and cottages. 
Mr. Ord usually feeds about sixty-five cattle in stalls in the 
winter, and during the summer fattens off from forty to forty-five 
on the grass, as well as running twenty store cattle. The winter 
stall-fed cattle consist of Blue-Greys (for which Mr. Ord has 
rather a preference) and Shorthorns. They are given as many 
roots and as much oat straw as they will consume, and receive in 
addition a mixture of linseed and cotton cake, which is gradually 
increased in quantity to 8 lb. per head per day. They also receive 
hay which has been cut from the third or fourth year pasture seeds. 
Sheep. — A flock of twelve score of ewes is run on this farm. 
There are ten score of three-quarter-bred ewes i.e., Cheviot ewe 
crossed by Border Leicester, and offspring again crossed by 
Border Leicester ; and two score of pure Oxford Down 
ewes. The three-quarter-bred ewes are put to Oxford and 
Lincoln tups, and the produce all sold off fat. Part of the 
lambs are sold as fat lambs, the remainder being kept as stores 
and fed off upon the turnip land. These stores are first put 
upon the white turnips, then follow on to the swedes, receiving 
1 lb. of mixed cake per head per day, made up of one part 
linseed cake, two parts cotton cake, and one part Waterloo 
compound cake ; they also receive a little hay. The Oxford 
ewes are put to pure Oxford tups, and kept as a separate flock. 
The pure Oxford tup lambs are all sold at the Kelso and 
Acklington ram sales, the ewe lambs being retained to keep up 
the flock. All the ewes are discarded, as a rule, after their 
fourth crop of lambs, and either fattened off or sent to the York 
sales. After the lambs are weaned, the ewes are run on the grass 
land at Whirley Shaws and west side of railway until October, 
when they are put to the tups, at which time they begin to 
receive a little corn, which is gradually increased in quantity. 
About two months before lambing time they are run on to the 
turnip land and allowed to stay four or five hours each day on 
white turnips, receiving about ^ lb. of mixed cake and oats 
per head per day. They are all brought home to the lambing 
yard to lamb, and receive turnips or mangold with cake and 
corn. When the lambs are about ten days old, ewes and 
lambs are taken to the seeds pastures, and then follow on to 
the grass land. The lambs are weaned at about fourteen 
weeks old, and are sent on to seed pasture which has been 
saved for them, and receive ^ lb. of corn and cake per head ; 
they then follow on to the clover fogs. The sheep are a very nice 
lot indeed, and apparently well looked after ; on the occasion of 
the second visit tlie ewes were looking very fresh and well. 
Outgoings. — The principal outgoings on this farm are : 
Rent, 23s. per acre ; labour, 12s. &d. per acre ; artificial manures, 
6s. per acre ; and purchased foods, 14s. per acre. 
