58 THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FARM. 



But the farm according to the calculation already made 

 will probably require 8 pairs of horses to work it ; and 

 there goes the food of at least 150 sheep. Considering the 

 extent of permanent pasture, it may be well to keep a certain 

 amount of cowstock, say 12 cows, of which the produce may 

 be kept on till 2 or 3 years old, and then sold either fat or as 

 heifers in calf, or with calves by their side. Some fab beasts 

 would be sold before the 3rd year was out, but as the con- 

 suming power of other livestock sheep especially would 

 be increasing as the months went on, the draught upon the 

 food supply would be pretty uniform. There would be 12 

 of each of the ages, except perhaps the last, every winter 

 in the yard : 12 cows corresponding to 120 sheep ; 12 calves 

 to, say, 24 sheep : 12 yearlings to 40 sheep ; 12 two-year 

 olds to 60 sheep ; and, say, 6 three-year olds to 56 sheep. 

 Here are a total of 450 sheep already written off the -flock 

 of 1000. 



We do not pursue the calculation further in detail. It 

 is probable that a flock of 300 or 350 ewes with their produce, 

 sold perhaps partly as fat lamb and the remainder in the 

 following spring as fat mutton, would, with the pig stock that 

 might be kept, be enough to consume the remainder although 

 it is calculated for the feeding of a flock of 550 sheep 

 throughout the year. 



We have said nothing here of purchased food. This may 

 amount to 1 per acre, and does in some cases amount to 

 more. Fifty tons or more, besides horse corn (equal to 100 

 quarters of oats in the year), say 65 tons altogether of corn 

 and cake is equal to probably 1000 tons of green food and 

 able with the proportion of straw that would be consumed, 

 to keep a quarter more stock than has been calculated. We 

 shall, however, be satisfied with having indicated th& mode 



