I04 FARM MANAGEMENT 



sorely bitten if a bad season causes a shortage 

 of food and necessitates stock being sold off at 

 unfavourable times, whereas, if understocked, 

 one can always buy in stores to eat off any 

 surplus there may be, or the surplus can be 

 sold. 



It is a grave mistake to keep the wrong 

 kind of stock ; the practice of the neighbourhood 

 should be followed, and if the herds or flocks 

 kept in the district are breeding stock, then it 

 would be bad policy to go in for fattening 

 instead, as the land would not be suitable in all 

 probability. 



When buying in breeding stock, draft 

 animals that have been discarded should be 

 avoided. Taking over the stock already on the 

 farm, or buying in at a displenishing sale, is 

 best, as the quality of breeding stock is reflected 

 down the generations, and it costs as much to 

 keep poor stock as good, yet the former fetch 

 far less. Stock from poorer land is always to 

 be preferred. 



It is far better to farm a small area with 

 ample capital than a larger area with only just 

 enough, as then there is no margin against bad 

 times. 



