EXAMPLES OF STOCKING OF FARMS 705 



Where a good market for hay cannot be got, it might pay better to 

 pasture half of the "seeds" land instead of cutting it. 



Capital = Spring Valuation of Stock, etc. 



Cattle. 



50 bullocks at 20 each, .... ^1000 



50 at 13 , 650 



- ^1650 

 Sheep. 



150 ewes, with lambs, at \ each, -;iv :! . . 600 



200 tegs at 6os. each a high price, . . . 600 



- 1200 



Horses. 8 at ^40 each, -3^ ... 320 



Implements. 1 per acre all over, . . . 500 



Tillages. 



50 acres wheat at 505., . . . ^125 



i oo oats and barley at ^2, . . . 200 



50 " seeds" at 1, .... 50 



50 turnip land (including catch crops and 



manures for the same) at ^3, . . . 1 50 



525 

 Half-year's Rent, Tithe, and Taxes at 285. per acre 



per annum . . . , . 350 



Cash inhand\.Q pay wages and expenses, .. . 455 



Total capital, . . . 5000 



Ans. to Question (i.) 

 Capital required per 



At current rates the above prices might be adjusted so that the 

 capital required might be reduced by ^3 or ^4 per acre. 



EXAMPLE No. 2. 



The following calculation will show the rotation which might be 

 adopted on a 3oo-acre farm in the south of England, consisting of 

 two-thirds arable suitable for sheep, and the rest pasture for grazing 

 or dairy purposes ; it gives also the stock kept, and the amount of 

 capital required per acre, apportioning the amount for horses, cattle, 

 sheep, implements, etc. Besides this will be found the number of 

 labourers required, their different duties, and the amount necessary 

 per annum for wages ; together with a Michaelmas valuation and 

 a statement of receipts and expenses for a year. 



A four-course rotation adopted for the arable land. 

 50 acres wheat or part oats to produce better fodder. 

 50 roots, mostly swedes ; average, 1 5 tons per acre 5 acres 

 of mangel, 20 to 25 tons per acre, would keep up the 

 above average, and allow 2 or 3 acres to grow potatoes. 

 50 oats. 

 50 clover or " seeds " all cut once for hay. 



200 acres, the given amount of arable. 



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