STOCKING A FARM. 



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friend tracks on to the farm. His first difficulty will 

 be to get men, but having succeeded in this, he sets 

 to and makes a bush enclosure, say 300 yards square. 



He should then purchase, say, fifty young birds a 

 year old; these he will have herded by day, and put in 

 his enclosure at night. His next step will be to com- 

 mence, say, a line of six breeding camps — of course, if 

 possible, taking advantage of anything in the shape of 

 a natural fence — these should be not less than 300 yards 

 square ; as he completes them he can purchase, say, four 

 pairs of thoroughly good breeding birds, and two pairs 

 of three or four year olds. He should now purchase 

 an incubator, not necessarily large, but the best kind 

 he can get ; as, even if he does not mean to incubate as 

 a regular thing, every farmer should have one as a 

 stand-by, in case of accidents. If he has a neighbour 

 with a family, he will probably be able to get his supply 

 of meat from him. 



Our friend will now be started, and his capital will 

 be invested somewhat as under : — 



Fui'nitui-e, gun, tools, provisions, servants' rations, 



plough, &c 120 



