Re: Medieval Farming Villages
also, remember that sheep and cattle can be farmed on the same pasture easily, as the sheep and cattle eat different parts of the grass, cattle IIRC will eat the higher parts, while sheep can ground graze. So, you can pretty much say that if properly used a pasture can support sheep and cows in a ratio of about 5:1. (depending on farming practice. It could easily be more, if you teach your cattle to eat bark and tree leaves. Something which is often done in certain parts of NZ.)