CAPITAL AND CONTINUOUS CROPPING 139 



IN- AND OUT-FEEDING 



Many is the argument the writer has had on this 

 point with both scientific and practical men, their 

 argument against out-feeding being that '* heat means 

 meat." 



This is true enough in theory, but in practice '* out- 

 side feeding means health " and a keen appetite, both of 

 which mean thriving. Further, the loss of food in cold 

 weather is less than theory would indicate. A beast 

 kept out of doors will grow a coat on it like a Shetland 

 pony and does not suffer as much in consequence as 

 the sleek-coated, in-fed animal. 



With out-fed animals there is no cooking, pulping 

 and general " finicking " of the food to persuade the 

 animal to eat it. In short, there is no more labour in 

 feeding loo cattle outside than 25 indoors. Add to 

 this the economy of being able to eat the food where 

 grown and to produce the manure where wanted. 



It will also be noticed that in the examples of stock- 

 ing given, the stock is varied. It is, as with cropping, 

 a very safe policy not to have too many eggs in one 

 basket. Sudden fluctuations in the market value of 

 any particular kind of stock are less liable to result in 

 financial loss on a varied stock farm than on one where 

 only one or two classes of stock are kept. 



SHEEP ON THE MOUNTAIN FARMS 



As to the sheep on a mountain farm, probably flying 

 flocks will be best, rather than sticking to the same 

 stock year after year. For instance, ewes could be 

 bought in the autumn and put early to the ram, say, 

 about late September or October. The lambs would 

 then be dropped in late February and March. With 

 the land cropped on the plan recommended there 

 would be abundance of green food. The lambs 



