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with 6 lb. of mixed meal and linseed cake. The cows were 
receiving a small proportion of roots with hay and straw chaff, 
and 3 lb. of meal each. Seven heifers in one yard were being 
fed on long hay, and 4 lb. of palm-nut cake each. The stirks 
and steers were getting pulp and chaff, and about 2 lb. of cake 
a day. At the off-bam ten stirks were feeding ; these were for 
going on the grass, and were having oat and barley straw, 3 lb. of 
linseed cake, and two or three swedes a day. They were a very 
nice lot, and looked healthy and in good “ going on ” condition 
for turning out. At our second visit there were eighty-six head 
of cattle of all grades. 
Sheep . — The number of sheep on our first visit was 3 18, 
divided as below : — 
131 ewes. 
11 ewes with IG early lambs to 
sell fat. 
16 lambs. 
91 wether tegs for ward in condition 
The ewes were a very nice bred lot of Shropshires, showing 
size, and in good breeding condition. They were being fed on 
the grasses, and tvere having about one quarter of a pint of oats 
and some hay each. The tegs, both ewe and wether, were well- 
bred, but, on account of the very wet autumn, were not so forward 
as they would have been in an average season. In fact, the soil 
was clinging to their fleeces in the most affectionate manner. 
Tliey were having cut swedes and clover hay ad lib., the wethers 
getting in addition about ^ lb. of mixed cake. It W’as noticed 
that the ewe tegs were the better grown, but this was accounted 
for by the best or early wethers having been sold in the summer 
as fat lambs. 
Lambing began in the first week in March, and the ewes 
appeared to have done fairly well, between thirty and forty 
having dropped twins. The latter were having about ^ to f lb. 
of mixed cake per day, in addition to their usual food. Without 
going into particulars, we may mention that the number of 
sheep on the farm on June 6, the day of our second visit, was 
484. 
Pigs . — Five sows, a very good cross between the Tamworth 
and Yorkshire Middle White, are kept, and their produce is fatted 
off. They are fed on skim-milk. The pigs numbered twenty- 
nine at our first visit, and twenty-five at our second. 
Poultry. — Mr. Palmer rears a large quantity of poultry, for 
which he finds a ready sale at Leamington and other towns. They 
appeared to be a nice lot and well cared for. The numbers at 
our two visits were 220 and 350 respectively. 
90 ewe tegs. 
3 rams (Shropshire). 
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