520 
Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
The following table gives extent, outlay, &c. : — 
Arable 
Grass 
Bent 
Rates 
Artificial 
manure 
Cakes and ! T . 
feeding-stuffs Labour 
Labour 
per acre 
acres 
470 
acres 
10 
& s. d. 
497 10 0 
£ s. d. 
57 12 0 
£ s. d. 
(58 0 0 
£ s. d.\ £ s. d. 
800 0 0 1724 0 0 
1 
e «. d. 
1 10 2 
Fifteen per cent, of the rent has been returned for the past year and a 
half, and the labour is now quite 100/. a year less than formerly. Over and 
above the 800/. paid for cakes, &c., all the light or tail corn grown on the 
farm is consumed. 
The stock on the farm were 
19 horses. j 680 sheep and lambs. 
10 cattle. i 64 pigs. 
And about 1 00 head of poultry. 
Compared with the average stocking the cattle were said to be, for the 
season of the year, about 20, and the sheep 80 to 100 short. 
At present the farm is under the following crops, in round figures : — 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats . 
42 acres I Beans . . 
115 „ Peas . . 
24 „ Potatoes . 
16 acres 
18 „ 
10 „ 
Cabbages . 9 acres 
Turnips . . 100 „ 
Layers (clovers, 
&c.) . . 131 „ 
The farm is clean and well farmed, and being of a light nature is well 
suited for sheep. 
A pure-bred flock of Suffolks was formerly kept, but last year Cotswold 
tups were introduced, and the lamb stock promise to grow into large-sized 
sheep. 
A few of the lambs are sold fat from the ewes, but the large proportion 
are fed off on roots and sold in early spring. 
Only two or three cows are kept for the use of the house, and bullocks 
are bought in to consume roots and make manure in the yards and boxes in 
winter. Bullock feeding is not looked upon as a profitable business, and 
cattle have come to be considered a necessary evil, as manure-heap makers. 
The horses, which are of a strong useful class, lie out in an open yard 
summer and winter, without a single bit of roof shelter. 
They are fed on green food carted into the yards in summer, and on 
steamed wheat straw chaff in winter. 
By a simple arrangement steam from a portable engine, which does the 
chaffing and oilier work, is conducted in pipes through the chaff heap in 
the bam, and a sufficient quantity is forced into the heap to set up fermen- 
tation. 
Since this system has been adopted Mr. Paine claims that his horses 
have been entirely free from colic and other troubles, while they are, at less 
expense, kept in good condition and fit for their work. 
There is a silo on the farm, and every year silage is made and is said 
to be most useful. 
15. The Farm of Messrs. Esxatjgh & Wilson, Butley Abbey, Suffolk. 
This extensive holding, the property of Lord Rendlesliam, is situated on 
the Suffolk coast, 10 to 50 feet above sea level, with an annual rainfall of 
some 20 inches. The soil varies very much ; part of the arable land is 
rich good loam, part medium light land, and the remainder very light sand. 
