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cold. After weaning, all the calves are brought to the Hall 
Farm, the bull calves are kept going, being well fed with cake 
and meal, but no condiments or “ substitutes.” The heifer calves 
receive roots and hay, and about 3 lb. Waterloo linseed and 
feeding cakes mixed per day. Dry cows are given turnips and 
straw. The yearling bulls are allowed a run in the paddock 
and the older ones are exercised daily. All bulls not suitable 
for abroad are sold as yearlings to local farmers — those suitable 
are kept until two years old or thereabouts, then disposed of. 
The mash for the older bulls consists of three parts oats to one 
part barley. No food is weighed ; the feeder uses his own 
discretion, as animals vary so much in their requirements. No 
more is given than they will clean up each time. No animal 
is made too fat for breeding, not even show animals. Mr. 
Harrison has a great objection to over-fed animals, as they soon 
get lumpy and out of form, besides giving but little milk and 
breeding irregularly. His idea of a Shorthorn cow is that she 
should be level in her flesh, with a good and well-shaped udder, 
and yielding a fair quantity of milk. Mr. Harrison will not 
have them otherwise. So many, show animals are ruined 
by over-feeding that the Judges were here struck with the 
natural healthy condition in which the bulls and show cattle 
were brought before them — all being active and good on their 
feet. 
Pigs. — Two breeding pigs of the Large White variety supply 
the house with bacon and pork for the market. 
Poultry and Dairying, &c. — This is Mrs. Harrison’s department 
and is managed with great care and thoroughness, yielding con- 
siderable profit. One hundred and fifty Barndoor fowls crossed 
for egg production, and also for table birds, are kept, a pure bred 
cock of a different breed being bought each year. The milk and 
cream are retailed in the village, only sufficient butter being 
made to supply the household. 
Mr. George Harrison, who has farmed since 1879, and 
came to the Gainford Hall Farm in 1896, has always been 
interested in breeding and rearing stock of one kind or another. 
His first fancy was for the old English Leicester Sheep — his 
interest in these being aroused by the flock which had been 
founded by his grandfather, Mr. John Harrison, in 1830. This 
fondness for the Leicester Sheep has continued, and to-day 
Mr. Harrison still takes the greatest pride in his flock, as the 
successes of his sheep in the showyard prove. During the 
years 1879 to 1907 Mr. Harrison’s sheep won 12 Champion- 
ships, 1902, first prizes, 676 seconds, and 140 thirds. 
Mr. Harrison made a start with Shorthorns in 1879 by the 
breeding of the bull calf Sir Oracle , the sire of which was 
Chaser and the dam Hartforth Rose , descended from a Cradock 
