CAPITAL AND COXTINUOUS CROmNG H? 



different standard ** collops " in use, but generally 

 speaking the following may be taken as typical : — 



equals i collop 

 .. I .. 



I dairy cow 

 I horse 



1 beast (2-3 year old) 

 3 beasts (i|-2 year old) 



2 ,, (i-i J year old) 



3 „ (1-1 year old) 



4 ,, (under J year old) 

 4-5 hoggets (according to breed) 

 3-4 ewes, with Iambs (according to breed) 



On the typical twenty-acre tillage farm, taken as 

 our example throughout this book, in actual practice 

 (having reference to the matter of providing sufficient 

 housing accommodation) the actual stock kept might 

 be as follows : — 



2 strong cobs, or i horse and i cob, say, 

 10 dairy cows 



3 in-calf heifers (2-3 year old) 



3 in-calf heifers (1-2 year old) 



4 calves from J-i year old) 

 8 calves (under | year) ... 



equal 2 collop 

 10 „ 



3 ., 

 2 ., 

 I .. 



Total 



20 



This would give a total head of thirty stock. 



From the ten dairy cows we might reasonably 

 expect eight calves, of which, with ordinary luck, there 

 would be three heifer calves. 



The bull calves could be sold as veal or weaners 

 before they were six months old. The heifers would be 

 kept on and at about a year and nine months, if well 

 fed, put to the bull to calve down at about two and a 

 half years old. This would permit of the selling out of 

 about three dairy cows per annum, the heifers replac- 

 ing them, or if there were sufficient housing room, the 

 size of the dairy herd could be increased, and the 

 number of young dry stock diminished. 



