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Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
Hackney youngsters give sufficient evidence of the ability and judgment 
brought to bear on the horse department of this great stock farm. 
With regard to the cattle, volumes might be written. A more imposing 
picture than the one I witnessed could not well be imagined. In a large, 
gently sloping, sewage-irrigated field, of deep blue-green grass, 100 in-milk, 
Red Polled, pedigree cows, were grazing — all of one mould, and all of one 
colour. Under a bright evening sun the combination of colours was 
perfect, while a closer inspection of the individuals composing the herd 
afforded absolute proof of their practical utility. 
The cows are milked night and morning, the whole of the milk being 
sent to Norwich, except the Sunday afternoon supply, which is set in pans 
and butter made from the cream. 
The cows are turned out during the grass season, and in winter are tied 
up in stalls in well-arraDged byres to be fed on roots, cut oat straw and 
silage, with a mixture of dried brewers’ grains, decorticated cotton cake, malt, 
and a small quantity of condiment meal. 
The milk is weighed at every milking, and full records are kept, showing 
the milking powers of every cow in the herd. Such records must have been 
an immense assistance to Mr. Taylor in the matter of mating and breeding 
his herd. 
The calves are reared on calf foods, meals, and cakes, with roots and 
fodder in winter, and green food and mangel in summer. The steers, and 
such heifers as are not to be brought into the dairy, are fed off young, being 
well attended to and kept improving when they are strong enough to eat. 
Being raised without milk they look thin and weedy for the first few months 
of their lives, but they soon begin to look smooth and pretty. A yard is set 
apart for the young bulls that are for sale, and buyers are allowed to pick 
the lot at a fixed price so long as the supply lasts. 
The ewes are all Southdowns, and here again the great number together, 
and the almost perfect uniformity of character throughout the flock, strike 
one in a very impressive way. The lambs are well fed, every care being 
taken to prevent any check in their development and growth. On the richer 
grass fields during the day, the ewes are folded on the lighter arable lands 
at night. 
The breeding stock of pigs run in a very natural way, grazing out in well - 
sheltered paddocks during the summer. They are Tamwortbs, and are pre- 
ferred on account of their natural hardiness and great feeding propensities. 
A well-arranged covered yard is set aside for the feeding pigs ; these are 
fed on wheat and barley meal. 
The poultry stock have been kept up to about the same number for years. 
The hens are a mixed breed, chickens and eggs being both considered in the 
management of the poultry yard. 
14. The Farm of Mr. J. J. Paine, Risky, Bury St . Edmunds, Suffolk. 
This is a light land farm on chalk and marl, some 220 feet above sea level, 
with an average rainfall of about 27 inches. 
It is almost entirely arable, there being only 10 acrss of grass on the hold- 
ing, the extent of which is 480 acres. 
It has been farmed by the present tenant 23 years, and by the family 
56 years. The owner is John Lysaght, Esq. 
The tenancy is a yearly' one, and there are no restrictions as to cropping, 
but the four-course has been adhered to. The tenant has power to sell hay, 
straw, and other produce. Until last year little advantage was taken of this, 
but last year’s high prices for straw and hay induced the tenant to dispose of 
a considerable quantity of old hay and wheat straw. 
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