34 FARM MANAGEMENT 



method is to buy some cabbage seedlings and 

 plant them out as soon as possible on well- 

 manured land ; they soon cover the ground, and 

 are capital for all stock, serving as a stand-by 

 when both root and forage crops fail. 



When the supply of hay is not plentiful then 

 more straw than usual will have to be used 

 during winter in the animals' rations, and con- 

 sequently, less straw will have to be used 

 as litter, and such substitutes as peat-moss, 

 bracken, etc., introduced instead. 



Practically nothing can be done to combat 

 the effects of drought in the case of corn crops, 

 which under such conditions give low yields. 



Permanent Pastures.— As the farming of 

 this country is tending more and more to the 

 keeping of stock rather than to grain-growing, 

 the area of land put under grass increases every 

 year, but this putting of land down to grass 

 requires to be done with care and knowledge, 

 or but poor pastures result. 



All kinds of soils are put under permanent 

 grass, but pastures do best on the heavier rather 

 than the lighter soils, and as these are the most 

 expensive to cultivate and the latest in giving a 

 crop, they are best suited to being converted 



