522 
Typical Farms in East Anglia. 
16. The Farm of Me. George Walker, Hackeston, Wickham Market, 
Suffolk. 
This is a beautifully farmed holding, belonging to Lady Huntingford. 
It is 80 to 90 feet above sea level, and the annual average rainfall is given 
at 27 inches. The following table gives the extent, &c. : — 
Arable 
acres 
246 
Besides the feeding-stuffs bought, grain grown upon the farm to the 
value of 106Z. 14.s. was consumed last year. It may also be stated that the 
labour bill has been much reduced, and was last year about 47 1. under the 
average of former years. 
About one-third of the arable land is heavy clay, one-third a good loam, 
and the balance a rather light sandy soil. The four-course shift is strictly 
adhered to, the rotation being wheat, barley, and roots, a fourth each, with 
one-eighth clover and one-eighth peas and beans. A fresh agreement was 
entered into last year by which the tenant is allowed freedom of cropping on 
certain fields adjoining the woods and plantations in which game is very 
plentiful. He is also allowed to sell one-half the hay and straw grown on 
the farm, on condition that the proceeds be spent on manures or oilcakes. 
There were on the farm 
15 horses. 
20 catt’e. 
584 sheep and lambs. 
The horses were suitable for the farm, and the cattle kept were not 
looked upon as directly profitable, but were needed to convert the straw 
into manure. 
The sheep are the important stock on the farm, and receive much atten- 
tion and care. From a Suffolk ewe foundation the flock has been crossed, and 
they are now large framed, heavy sheep. 
The present crop of lambs are by Oxford Down tups, and are a beautiful 
level lot. They are run off from their dams every morning, and fed on a 
rich pasture with an allowance of bran and cake till noon, when they join 
the ewes on a poorer pasture. 
Mr. Walker makes a point of feeding the ewes well from the time they 
are half gone in lamb, believing he gets stronger lambs, while his ewes are 
healthier. 
A few fat lambs are annually sold, and the balance of the lot are sold as 
stores in June. 
The following is a statement of the net receipts for sheep, after deducting 
amounts paid for stock bought in:— 
1889- 90 . . 402 12 8 1891-92 . . 365 17 3 
1890- 91 . . 434 2 2 I 1892-93 . . 324 11 5 
The pigs are all bred on the farm, and from a detailed statement of the 
sales for the past four years the net average income amounted to 862. per 
annum. 
All the crops on the farm were good, the wheats and clovers exception- 
ally so. Long stretches of wire-netting were in use to protect the crops 
from game and rabbits, but after all there was considerable damage. 
27 pigs. 
And 30 head of poultry. 
Grass 
Rent 
Rates 
Artificial 
manure 
Cakes, meals, 
&c. 
Labour 
Labour 
per acre 
acres 
£ s. d. 
£ s. d. 
£ s. d. 
£ 
s. d. 
£ s. d. 
£ s. d. 
64 
221 0 0 
30 6 6 
92 17 0 
360 
9 0 
443 10 0 
1 7 3 
