Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-09

nearly sixty years Queen Victoria was a
most extensive farmer. For the past two
years she has farmed and occupied
two farms only-the Shaw farm and tho
Flemish farm, covering 1,120 acres In all
at Windsor. AS originally formed by the
Prince Consort there were three other
farms the Norfolk. the BaGshot and the
Raplcy farms. The first of these was taken
by the Prince Consort. who was up to the
time Of his death its tenant farmer These
farms were continued by the queen until
some time I'm the eighties, when they were
given up. For nearly sixty years the queen
has thus farmed considerably over LOO
acres at Windsor alone; during the life OF
Prince Albert, and over twenty years af-
ter. the Windsor farms exceeded 1000 acres
in extent. The two farms which the late
queen retained were those on which the i'm
proving hand Of the Prince Consort left its
mark, and which played a great part in
mcldfng the farmsteads and practice as
they are all over this country today. Brit
ish agriculture today Is nodded on tina
type which the Prince Consort urged upon
the country by his example in the forties,
What he then advised was that farming
should be Of more varied and mixed
character. This doctrine Prince Albert was
the first in this country to teach, and when
he and the late queen took the Shaw farm
In 1S49 it was at once planned so as to be
an example Of that teaching. Today the
two farms are among the best examples Of
mixed farming in this country. Besides the
beautiful dairy, with its fine herd OF Jer~
seys and non-pedigree shorthorns; there
are also kept at Windsor pure bred herds
Of shorthorns, Devon and Hereford cattle.
all Of which are without peer among the
herds OF the country. There Is also a large
flock Of nearly 400 half-bred ewes and
herd Of about eighty small white pigs.
At Windsor 1t may be noted that the whole
Of the farms occupied by the queen or the
Prince Consort during her long reign have
been rented They are part q T. the &c crown
Queen in exchange for the civil list, and
Queen Victoria was a yearly tenant OF the
commissioners. Another thing in which
these farms set an example to the country
when they were esta blished was In the care
and attention bestowed on the walfare Of
erected Of a style almost unheard Of at
the time. but an evening school was starts
ed in 1850 during the winter for the labor
ers on the farm, and this has been con-
tinued ever since. These farms are inter-
esting as revealing the late queen In the
character as a tenant farmer: and one. too
who always did her duty to the laborer,
the animal and the land. Good plants.
good animals, good management and q
picturesque and a well-kept homestead ana
stcckyard are the examples that for over
fifty years have been set by the WINDSOR
farms Of the sovereign. At both Osborne
and Balmoral are farms which are also ex-
amples of the great productiveness Of wells
directed mixed farming. good equipment
and methodical management
The king is also a good farmer and busi-
ness man. His farm at Sandringham Of i
about 500 acres Is well managed and his |
man of business says that he knows to q |
dot how much the produce ought to brings |
l. H. MOORE. I