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Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
A flock of cross-bred ewes is kept, and before my visit 50 fat lambs had 
been sold at 39s. each. Fifty more were expected to bring about the same 
price. The balance of the lambs after the fat lambs are drawn out are well 
fed and generally go out before Christmas, when others are brought in to be 
fed on and sold fat as soon as they are clipped. 
A number of breeding sows are kept, and Mr. Flagger has a great belief 
in pigs being a paying stock. Last year 300Z. was drawn for pigs bred and 
reared on the farm. They are sold to local butchers and go off weighing 
10 to 12 imperial stones. 
Chickens and eggs bring in a considerable sum annually, but no figures 
were given as to this. 
No one could walk over this farm without being impressed with the 
thorough way in which all the work is done. As has been stated, the soil 
needs careful working, and in no department is any waste to be seen. A 
large extent of the farm has been drained, the owners finding the tiles, the 
tenant doing all the rest- 
7. The Farm of Mr. Charles Dawson, Grange Farm, Bourn. 
This is a strong clay land farm, in a poorly farmed clay land district, 
where the effects of unremunerative wheat growing are plainly visible. 
Mr. Dawson’s farm shows evidence of careful management and thorough- 
ness. The land is clean and the hedges are trim and well kept. No state- 
ment was made as to the altitude of the farm. The subsoil is strong clay, 
and on no part of the farm did I see any free working land. 
There are 510 acres of arable land and 7 0 acres of grass, a considerable por- 
tion of which has been laid down of late years. The land is worked on the 
four-course rotation. Last year the failure of seeds had the usual effect of 
upsetting the regular rotation, and what might be termed cross cropping 
has been resorted to. After farming the land as tenant for 22 years Mr. 
Dawson bought the farm last year. The following particulars were volun- 
teered. Besides the 580 acres of farming land there are 40 acres under 
timber, mostly young larch about 25 years old. Twenty jears ago the 
estate changed owners, the price including timber being 20,560/. Since 
then 5 acres have been planted, houses have been built, and roads made. 
The present owner paid 12/. an acre for the land, 620 acres, and 560/. for 
the timber ; in all 8,560/. Low as this price seems, Mr. Dawson affirmed 
that he did not consider it a good investment, but having a rather exten- 
sive business in the district as a steam threshing-machine owner, he stretched 
a point to keep possession of his home. 
Considering the condition of the land it really seems cheap at 1 21. an 
acre, even with grain at the present low prices. 
At the time I visited the farm the live stock consisted of— 
26 horses. 
9 cows. 
9 young cattle. 
18 calves. 
150 ewes. 
170 lambs. 
100 pigs. 
200 hens and chickens. 
And 12 ducks. 
Of the 26 horses, 16 were working horses, 6 were one- and two-year-olds 
all bought in except one, a cart mare and foal and 2 nags. Young cart 
horses bought in relieve seasoned saleable horses, so that year by year there 
is something coming in from the horse stock. 
The dairy work is carefully managed by Mrs. Dawson, whose butter has 
a local reputation. No figures were given as to the income from butter 
sold, but the statements made gave me the impression that the receipts from 
