138 CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



To take another example of stock farming, say, in a 

 mountain farm of forty acres, where no suitable market 

 for milk existed and having five acres of second year's 

 grass, as in Rotation B, we could stock something like 

 the following : — 



2 horses and i cob 

 8 dairy cows 



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



3 beasts (from i J-2 year old) . . say 

 12 „ (from J-i year old) 

 12 „ (under J year old) 

 35 breeding ewes and i ram . . say 

 20 hoggets 



Total .. 35 



This represents i " coUop *' per acre of tilled land, 

 leaving five acres of grass for summer pasture, and 

 allowing for a few pigs to be kept, which are not 

 included in the above estimate. 



The dairy cows would supply the house with butter 

 and milk and leave sufficient for feeding, with the 

 addition of meal, the twelve calves, as well as allowing 

 a little milk for pig raising. On such a farm the raising 

 of calves and pig feeding with milk and forage crops 

 should be an important feature. 



Also in hilly districts it is not recommended to keep 

 cattle over two years old, except a heifer or so to 

 replenish the dairy herd, but to sell them before they 

 reach that age. This means selling as forward stores, 

 instead of attempting beef production, which would 

 not be very practical in exposed districts. The stores, in 

 fact all the cattle, except the calves, will be wintered 

 out of doors, but provided with movable sheds as 

 shelter in very severe weather. 



Stores wintered out are better for grass or stall 

 finishing than indoor-fed stock. 



