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Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
butter, eggs, and chickens amounted to a considerable sum. The skim- 
milk is given to the calves and pigs ; the calves are kept in the yards the 
first summer, and some of the most forward go out, as beef, at about 24 
months old. 
The ewes, Oxford Down crosses, are large-framed, good sheep. 
Pigs are looked upon as one of the best paying stocks on the farm. 
They are kept in comfortable yards and fed on cheap grain, mangel, 
vetches, &c. As a rule they are sold locally at a weight of 10 to 11 im- 
perial stones, but sometimes they are made up to 15 or 16 stones and sent 
to Birmingham. The manure made in the pig yards is highly valued. 
8. The Farm of Me. F. Parsons, Trumpington, near Cambridge. 
This farm, owned by Mr. E. B. Foster, is situated in the village of Trump- 
ington, close to Cambridge. 
It is about 50 feet above sea level, and the annual rainfall averages about 
231 inches. 
"The subsoil under part of the farm is chalk and chalk marl ; part is a 
bed of phosphates, and the remainder gravel, which crops up at intervals all 
over the farm. 
The soil is a kindly, good one, easy to work, and capable, as was quite 
evident, of producing splendid crops. 
The extent and annual payments are as follows: — 
Arable 
Grass 
Eent 
Rates 
Artificial 
manures 
Cakes, &c. 
Labour 
Labour 
per acre 
acres 
acres 
£ i. 
£ 
S. 
£ s. 
£ 
£ s. 
£ i. 
316 
64 
560 0 
46 
9 
40 0 
580 0 
665 0 
1 15 
Along with the cakes, &c., bought, the whole of the beans grown on the 
farm (generally over 120 qrs.), with 200 qrs. of oats, and all the tail corns 
are consumed on the farm. 
At the time of my visit there were on the farm — 
] 4 working horses. I 2 bulls. 
35 cows. I And about 100 head of poultry. 
No horses are bred on the farm, but strong young horses are bought annu- 
ally, and fully seasoned ones are sold to go to town work. The horses are fed 
both in summer and winter in yards, but owing to the loss of a large straw 
stack last year through fire, they were running in a small paddock and being 
fed on green food given them in temporarily arranged mangers or troughs. 
Only powerful, good ones are bought, as these have a ready sale when they 
get to an age to be drafted out as town horses. 
Situated so near Cambridge, where milk can be delivered morning and 
night, dairy farming is pursued under favourable circumstances. The cows 
are evidently selected with great care, and are a very grand lot. They are 
mostly Shorthorns, -with big frames and good bags. 
Mr. Parsons considers that his cows, having to be kept on high-rented, 
good land, and expensively fed, must be of high average excellence as milkers 
before they can do what is expected of them. 
All the calves are sold to farmers, and find, as a rule, a ready sale. About 
40s. each is the usual price, although last year they made less. The cows 
are brought into the yards twice a day to he milked. They are then tied up 
and fed, the state of the pastures and the condition of the cow being care- 
fully considered in the amount of cake and meal each receives. 
