ARABLE OR GRASS. ^ 



an answer something like this : " They are all 

 right, sir, they will stand a wet day or two. Do 

 you remember coming to me last September and 

 telling I the turnips were going a bit too fast ? 

 Well, I knowed I wasn't giving 'em too much. You 

 must give 'em the victuals when they can eat it on 

 a clean plate, and that'll put a bit of flesh on their 

 backs to stand again bad weather." Of course he 

 was right and I was wrong. I have never forgotten 

 this wise and excellent counsel. 



When I look into the future I sometimes doubt 

 whether the farming of to-morrow can continue 

 to travel just the same road. I rather think some 

 modification of our present management may creep 

 in, but just how this alteration will come I am 

 unable to offer any prophecy. Our pedigree flocks 

 will continue to fill their niche in the farming world 

 of to-morrow I am sure, if we agree on this. Then 

 I am also sure that we shall find masters and men 

 who will still aim at the top storey. To get it 

 you must have fresh food, produced from arable 

 land, which will involve a labour bill. To me there 

 would appear no way of escape from such a bill, 

 and I am not thinking we should be looking for 

 one. Men, masters, flocks and herds, yes and straw 

 crops in plenty will still take their place in any 

 " New Order " which may meet the farmer of 

 to-morrow. 



Arable Cultivations 



To my mind no other work on the farm needs 

 more careful watching than this. Patience is a 



73 



