Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
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With regard to the horses, a few superior two- or three-year-old colts 
are bought annually, and a like number of high class, heavy, seasoned horses 
are sold off. The horses are fed during summer in the horse yard on such 
green food as may he in season. The few cows that are kept are for the use 
of the house, and occasionally a lot of bullocks are bought if the root and 
straw crops are big, and prices tempting. Speaking generally, Mr. Holben’s 
experience has been that, as manure makers, cattle are expensive. 
The sheep have received a great deal of attention. Formerly a consider- 
able number of tups were sold, but of late years fat lambs have been reared 
and sold from one of the two flocks of sheep kept on the farm. The lambs 
from the second flock are sold as stores in the autumn of each year. 
No particulars were given about pigs or poultry. 
6. The Farm of Mb. Wm. Haggee, Little Evesden, near Cambridge. 
Mr. Hagger farms under three landlords, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. 
Mortlock, and the rector of the parish. 
The total acreage is 362, and about three-quarters of this lies on the flat 
and the balance on the higher lands. The farm is widely spread and difficult 
to work, as the farm roads, or rather tracks, are bottomless in wet weather. 
The altitude may be put at 50 to 60 feet above sea level, and the annual rain- 
fall at about 26 inches. 
The soil is a rich, sticky clay, and one that needs most careful working. 
At the time of my visit the neighbourhood generally was one blaze of yellow, 
the wild mustard or ranch (charlock) being in full flower, and a prevailing- 
weed in the district. By careful hand weeding and constant attention Mr. 
Hagger’s fields were practically clear of this weed, and all through the land 
was clean and exceedingly well managed. The following table gives par- 
ticulars of acreage, outlay, &c : — 
Arable 
Grass, all 
grazed 
Bent 
Artificial 
manures 
bought 
Cake and 
corn 
bought 
Own 
grain 
consumed 
Gross 
labour 
bill 
Labour bill 
per acre 
acres 
342 
acres 
20 
£ s. 
320 0 
£ s. 
68 0 
£ s. 
607 0 
£ s. 
368 0 
£ s. 
543 0 
£ «. 
1 10 
The land is worked upon the four-course system, and the tenant believes no 
other rotation would be suitable. Sainfoin is largely grown and very much 
valued. Its market price as hay is less than that of clover, but Mr. Hagger 
values it quite as highly for home consumption. 
A considerable breadth of beans is annually grown. These are all con- 
sumed at home, as well as about one-third of the barley and one-fifth of 
the wheat grown. 
When I visited the farm the live-stock consisted of— 
23 horses. i 55 pigs. 
24 cattle. I 250 head of poultry. 
380 sheep. 
There were two cart mares and one nag mare, with their foals, and 
several cart colts and fillies on the grass. 
All the cart horses were being fed in the yards. 
Four cows are milked, and after the house is supplied the cream is made 
into butter to be sold, and calves are reared on the skim-milk. As in every 
other department, careful attention is given to the young cattle, and through 
being kept in the yards and well fed many of them go out to the butcher 
at about 18 months old. 
