New and Improved Methods 



Kingdom. In Appendix No. I. the case for 

 lucerne is further developed. Sainfoin is 

 an excellent substitute for lucerne on chalky 

 down land. 



B. Stock. 



There is nothing" that more astonishes 

 visitors from other countries and from our 

 Dominions than to see, in travelling through 

 England, great stretches of grass land and 

 the comparatively few head of stock grazing 

 thereon. Many people say that because the 

 area under grass has increased, the head of 

 stock must also have increased. But alas ! 

 the head of stock has not increased even to 

 the extent of the accepted English ratio of 

 one beast to every 3 acres. In feeding stock 

 the object should be to feed as largely as 

 possible on food grown upon the farm and 

 to buy as little as possible in the way of 

 concentrated food, such as cake, etc. ; this 

 principle, however, is far from being univer- 

 sally understood. 



C The Milk Yield of our Cows. 



It costs little more to feed a cow yielding 

 700 gallons of milk per annum than one 



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