FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



of place in re-stocking the world with high-class 

 animals. Is it not claimed the world over that the 

 English climate and soil just fits the job of providing 

 the right size, breed and type of animal to suit all 

 temperate countries ? Must we not look a little 

 beyond this present war which has brought a 

 limitation to our practice in this direction ? 



We do, of course, receive a few jars to our con- 

 fidence when we see good men like Mr. Roland 

 Dudley of Linkenholt and Major Bland of Aldbourne 

 proclaiming the wonderful results of chicken farming 

 in restoring fertility to the land. Well, it may be 

 we shall find room for both systems to take their 

 place in any new order which may appear in the 

 farming world of to-morrow. 



The Hampshire Down breed is certainly holding 

 its own in the world of sheep. I must qualify this 

 by saying the pedigree flocks compared to many 

 breeds are holding their own. For folding the 

 arable land nothing else seems to fit the job ; as a 

 folding breed for your roots and other soiling crops 

 it is far preferable to the cross breeds which seem 

 to resent any kind of food except grass. It makes 

 a capital cross on almost any breed, has the early 

 maturing qualities, a good type of wool and cer- 

 tainly is not coarse in its conformation. That this 

 argument is sound is very well demonstrated by 

 the fact that the ram lamb sales at Salisbury and 

 other county fairs are well maintained. 



I find that I have no difficulty in disposing of 

 all I can save each year, sometimes we may reach 

 to as many as sixty in a season. I am quite pre- 



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