4 Aspects of a Sheep Farm. 



improvement that could be undertaken upon the great 

 majority of New Zealand farms is shelter planting. The 

 climate is at any rate a windy one, and to take steps to 

 moderate the effects of the cold blasts of winter and the 

 scorching winds of summer would add greatly to the 

 income of the farmer. A shelterless fa.rm may be 

 appropriately likened to a hearthstone without a fire in 

 winter, and with a fire in summer. Aspect of the 

 country, where it is hilly, may give one farm much 

 better natural shelter than another. Hills or ranges 

 favourably situated will temper the winds. 



The lay of the land to the sun is a considerable 

 matter in hilly country. The sunny side will carry 

 more stock than the shady side, and where the land lies 

 badly to the daily swing of the sun's rays in a valley 

 flanked by high ranges, it is not to be compared to the 

 other side of the valley that enjoys the beneficial effects 

 of the sun, healthful alike to soil, plants, and stock. 



Good, pure, running water is of great importance 

 in sheep farming. New Zealand has a better supply of 

 such water than any country, but it is necessary that 

 access to such for the sheep may be had from each 

 paddock of a property. 



