The king also produced a large number

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The manors’ horse breeding produced pack animals and riding horses for the army. The Friesian riding horses, which could carry even a heavily equipped soldier, were a specialty. The horse breeding organization extended to all the most important manors between Korsholm and Olavinlinna, but there were no Friesian riding horses in Partala, although there were in the nearby Sairila manor. Sheep breeding and breeding were also close to Gustav Vasa's heart, and efforts were made in the manors to increase wool production according to the king's wishes.

The king also produced a large number of English breeding animals for the kingdom, whose wool production capacity was significantly higher than that of their domestic counterparts. Most of the English sheep were placed in the royal manors on the Swedish side. In Finland, there were a few individuals per manor and slightly more in the castles, telegram number database such as a few dozen in Olavinlinna. Two English rams were brought from there to Partala when the royal manor was founded. Wool was an important raw material for textiles, from which yarn was spun and various clothing and linen fabrics were woven in the manor's weaving mill, or fatabur. In addition to wool and meat, sheep also produced hides, which were processed and sewn into furs and fur coats.

Cattle were raised for both meat and milk production. In the arable farming area of ​​Western Finland, cattle were also raised for manure production, but here the nature of the Savo farm differed from that of Western Finland, as grain was mainly grown in Savo in fallows that did not need to be fertilized. The draught oxen, which are characteristic of the arable farming area, were also conspicuous by their absence in Partala, although the oxen's shoe is mentioned in the inventory list of the Sairila manor. In the summer season, cows milked a good couple of liters of milk a day. The milk was churned into butter, which, when heavily salted, preserved well. In the summer season, cattle roamed freely in the forests in search of food. In the winter, the cows were in a state of starvation due to poor feeding.