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the farmer or not, in your opinion, to have them conveyed by this means, instead of having them driven in the ordinary way?
Then it would be a great advantage. Sometimes the poor things are driven till their feet are sore; and the effect of that is, that they are sold on the road for what they can get. It is often the case that they drive many of them till they have not a foot to stand on.
34. What is charged per score for the driving of sheep?
A shilling a head for about forty miles.
35. Do the same observations you have made previously, apply to sheep as well as the other beasts?
Exactly the same; I scarcely ever see a drove of cattle pass without I see tired ones. They are constantly left at every town on the road, where they are sold for what they will fetch.
36. Have you ever had offers made to you to supply any part of London with milk?
I have.
37. Have you been able to comply with that?
No.
38. For what reason?
On account of the want of conveyance.
51. Is it your opinion as a farmer, from the knowledge that you have of the neighbourhood, that a Railroad established on the proposed line would be an advantage to the two farms?
That opinion alone has brought me here. My property lies in land. I am a proprietor as well as occupier. I believe my estates along the line would be increased in value 30 per cent.
52. Do you believe it would be an advantage to the consumer as well as the producer of the produce?
Very great.
