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CONSUMPTION OF CROPS 



There will be a large amount of straw to be disposed 

 of and for the economical consumption of this, at 

 least roots will be necessary, and where store cattle 

 can be kept, albuminous foods, cakes and meals, if the 

 intention is to carry out any fattening. Where such 

 a large amount of food is sold off the farm, it may be 

 allowable to purchase feeding stuffs for cattle feeding, 

 but where this is not done, it is clearly indicated that 

 the class of stock to be kept will consist of sheep and 

 store cattle. 



The seeds hay grown in the seventh year, can be 

 used for feeding horses and a certain portion reserved 

 for the sheep in the winter. As to the quantity needed 

 for this latter purpose, it will depend upon the style 

 of sheep farming. Sheep come into the category of 

 moveable stock, and are easily purchased and sold off 

 at any time of the year. If a large number of sheep are 

 to be wintered, probably more hay will be required 

 than is provided for in the rotation, but some land 

 can be reserved, that is as permanent meadow. 



AN ULSTER ROTATION 



We shall conclude this chapter by setting down a 

 rotation already in existence and carried out over a 

 large area in Ulster, and what may be called a modi- 

 fied Ulster rotation, which the writer carries out on 

 two farms in that Province. Before doing so, a few 

 facts in connection with the climatic conditions which 

 obtain will be of use, insomuch as they will enable the 

 reader to make comparisons between one system of 

 cropping and another, and also comparisons between 

 the climatic conditions obtaining in Ulster and those 

 existing in the particular locality where the reader is 

 situated. 



