SMALL HOLDINGS 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SELECTION OF A HOLDING 



The first point of importance to which the 

 small holder will naturally devote his atten- 

 tion in making the selection of his land will 

 be that which relates to the nature of his 

 undertaking. If he intends to keep cows for 

 the production of milk for sale it will be his 

 object to obtain land, a portion of which 

 is old pasture or meadow of good staple, 

 which will enable him to produce forage, 

 root, and other useful crops; to see that the 

 water supply is suflTicient for his purposes; 

 that the holding is well drained and fenced; 

 that the grass land is well sheltered from cold 

 winds and driving rains; and that the climate 

 is sufReiently mild and the aspect as nearly 

 as possible south. Stock, and especially 

 cow stock, are much influenced in their 

 productive poAvers by genial climate, the 

 altitude not being too high, and by the warmth 



