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APPENDIX VI. 



Notes op the Stock kept at Clifton-on-Bowmont 

 Faem. By the Factor. 



Before the farm was taken in hand by the proprietor in 1887, 

 it had carried a half-bred stock (Leicester- Cheviot cross), but 

 from the then poverty-stricken state of the holding, and the 

 want of grass in the arable fields, it was thought advisable to 

 stock the outer or higher land with Cheviots, restricting the half- 

 breds to the lower land, with the view of making the farm as 

 much as possible self-supporting, in the way of turnips for ewes 

 in the winter and spring months. This system of stocking was 

 carried on for 15 years (1887-1902). 



In view of a considerable portion of the arable land being laid 

 down to grass, a change in the system was made in 1902, the 

 haJf-breds which during the period above-mentioned had formed 

 the stock on the lower portion of the farm, were sold and replaced 

 by Cheviots, so that from 1902 the whole breeding stock of the 

 farm has Been Cheviots. 



As some controversy has arisen, and as opinions differ as to 

 which of these systems is the best to adopt on such a farm as 

 ClLfton-on-Bowmont, particulars of the management of both 

 systems are here given, and the reader may thus figure out the 

 results for himself. 



PERIOD 1887-1902. 



Managbmbnt of Cheviot Stock oir the Odtee Poetioit 



OF THE Faem. 



The stock were in five ages, viz. : ewe-hoggs, gimmers, 1 crop, 

 2 crop, and 3 crop ewes. The 1, 2, and 3 crop ewes were put to 

 the Leicester tup, and the gimmers to the Cheviot. During 



