The Prince Consort's Farms: An Agricultural Memoir
The book The Prince Consort's Farms: An Agricultural Memoir was written by author Morton, John Chalmers, 1821-1888 Here you can read free online of The Prince Consort's Farms: An Agricultural Memoir book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Prince Consort's Farms: An Agricultural Memoir a good or bad book?
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and 150/. each. The Prince had been frequently successM as an exhibitor of these horses at the English Agricultural Society's shows. His last act as the tenant of the Shaw Farm, about three weeks before his death, was to direct Mr. Tait to nail up over the stalls the premium cards which had been placed over two of his horses at Leeds, and which had lain till then in the farm- house unattached. The work of the farm is done by five pairs of these horses — a large number for the extent (120 acres ...arable and 600 pasture), and more than would be needed were it not for the considerable extra labour connected with roads and estate manage- ment. They are managed on the Scottish plan, the men working during the full summer day — from 6 to 11 and again from 12 to 5. They are woijked hard and well fed. receiving two bushels THE SI-IAW AND HOME FARMS. 113 of corn a week, and a daily feed of beans in addition during seed time and severe work, with as much hay as they will eat. The live stock of the farm, thus, in all, includes about 200 head of cattle of all ages, 400 sheep, 120 swine, 20 horses, colts, and fillies.
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