702 APPENDIX B 



Roots : ton given per day to 100 ewes on grass till lambing time, and 



1 ton per day after lambing, or= I ton per day for four months, or, 120 

 tons -7-1 5 (average in tons per acre) = 8 acres per 100 ewes. 



Ewes not on grass, and also clipped sheep or hoggets after Christmas, 

 consume 24 Ibs. per day : therefore 200 eat i acre (i5-ton crop) in one 

 week. Beginning with lambs put on in September, it is approximately 

 right to say that I acre will keep 300 per week, on an average, during the 

 first root season =16 Ibs. of roots per day, but that would not be quite 

 enough for the larger breeds. 



Hay should also be allowed = i ton per acre of roots. 



Cake = Ib. to each sheep per day for six months amounts to 70 Ibs. 

 more than 2 tons for 100 sheep. It is near enough, practically, to say 



2 tons. 



Bullocks. i acre of good pasture, or \\ acre to i acre, according to 

 quality, should, during summer, keep i fattening bullock, which ought to 

 gain 20 stones of beef in 23 weeks. One store animal might be sufficient 

 stock for I acre of second-quality land. 



Turnips : cwt. per day, or 7 tons in six months, is nearly \ acre for 

 each bullock. If given i cwt. per day, \\ bullock may be kept per acre 

 of turnips (15 tons) between six and seven months. The price at 75. 6d. 

 per ton = 4jd. per cwt. 



Hay, i stone (14 Ibs.) per day for 26 weeks = 22| cwts. A large-sized 

 fattening bullock should eat about i| stone = 17^ Ibs. per day. An 

 ordinary crop of "seeds" hay= i ton per acre ; a good crop, 2 tons. 



Of natural hay, i ton per acre is a good crop. Heavier crops 

 become white at the bottom, and are not of such good quality, except on 

 some rich moist meadows where the larger grasses greatly predominate. 



Of straw, a bullock in a yard will eat and trample down 3 or 4 tons in 

 six months ; i or 2 tons more could be trampled down if necessary. 



Of meal and cake mixture, 6 Ibs. per day to each bullock for six 

 months gives a total of i ton, less 28 Ibs. say, J ton each. 



Cows. One cow can be kept summer and winter on 2^ acres of 

 superior dairy-grass-land ; while 3 acres, up to 5 or 6 acres, of ordinary 

 quality are necessary in a mountainous dairy district. 



Hay cut from i acre of natural meadows = i^ ton, or fully 18 Ibs. per 

 day per cow for six months ; this, plus ton to i ton of good straw, is 

 enough fodder for an average dairy cow : 24 Ibs. of hay per day = 2^ tons 

 in seven months : 25 Ibs. of hay per day = 2 tons in six months. 



Mixed concentrated food, given in spring after calving and before 

 grass comes, may vary in cost from i per cow (ordinary feeding) to 1 

 each (high feeding). 



Cotton cake given in summer on the grass : 3 Ibs. per day for six 

 months = (nearly) 5 cwts. per cow, and at ^6 per ton, costs 305. per cow. 



Root and forage crops for all the year round are already given on 

 pages 122 and 123. 



Rent and Taxes amount to, say, from 35. to 55. per acre. 



