706 APPENDIX B 



Pasture. 

 100 acres grass. 

 75 pasture should carry 150 ewes and their lambs (say 200) 



in summer. 

 25 left. 

 10 keep 6 or 7 horses. 



15 left for 10 cows' pasture = i acre each. 



Or 5 cows might be kept, and their calves reared each year ; 

 the heifers coming into milk at two years off, and the 

 bullocks of the same age put up to finish in the autumn 

 __^ following. 



Roots. 



50 acres, average 1 5 tons. 



12 for 150 ewes =i^ ton per day for 4 months during winter 

 while on grass: by giving half quantity for 2 months 

 at first, before lambing, the turnips may be spread over 

 5 months. 

 38 left, 

 i for 10 cows = 30 Ibs. each per day for 4 months in winter, 



including the time they are dry. 

 37 left. 



20 for 200 tegs: 18 acres are consumed in 6 months by 200 

 tegs going on as lambs in September =16 Ibs. per day, 

 being rather little for large breeds. 

 17 left. 

 J for 7 horses. 



~76 left. 



5^ for 50 tegs, bought in autumn, to feed. 



1 1 left for bullocks : 7 tons are consumed by a fattening 

 bullock in 6 months at | cwt. per day, leaving i ton 

 per acre over, after feeding 2 bullocks per acre, which 

 ^ m ^ would make up the possible total to 24 bullocks. 



Fodder, 

 (i.) Straw. 

 100 acres grain crops at \\ ton straw per acre : this is a low 



average, but it is off light land, 

 x \\ ton. 



125 tons straw. 



20 for horses : half for litter, and the remainder for fodder 



being sufficient with i ton of seeds hay for each horse. 

 10:5 left. 



10 as part of the cow-fodder : i ton per cow. 



95 left. 



10 for cows' litter, which could be done without if necessary. 



85 for 24 bullocks = 3^ tons each, to supply fodder and litter. 



The litter is supplemented by the rough stable cleanings 



being thrown into the open yard. 



