CHAPTER III. 



SiELEOTION AND MANAGEMENT. 



BESTOOKING A FARM WITH SHEEP. 



Supposing that we have decided to erabarli 

 in the sheep industiy, and have decided on a 

 breed, the next consideration is how to set 

 about fillir^g the void of sheep upon or.v farm. 

 Farms differ in size, conformation and soil; 

 conditions vary greatly, so that no rule can be 

 laid down that will be applicable to all pla<?es, 

 yet there are a few facts that are of general 

 application. In England and Franco there are 

 farms almost entirely devoted to yheep; they 

 carry little other stock, and grow crops mainly 

 to be fed to the flock, with only grain in rota- 

 tat ion. 



These farms are very profitab'f when well 

 managed, and greatly build the soil and the 

 fortunes of the owners. We can not yet aiivo- 

 cato the attempt to establish in cuv hind such 

 sheep farms as these, at least the growth of 

 such a farm must be very gradual, and any 

 attempt at to* once establish such a one would 

 result disastrously in nine cases out of ten. 

 We bave »q class of expert ihepberds such as 



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