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will not take the place of oats, but they contain an important quantity 

 of nourishing and assimilable matters. 



On most vineyard properties there is either an engine or a horse- 

 works, which could be used during the winter months for the 

 crushing of cuttings. The "waste of the cuttings is therefoi'e a 

 mistake. 



Note. — M. Gustave Giret, of Beziers, was one of the first to introduce crushed 

 cuttings for feeding cattle, and he has fed all his working bullocks on them for 

 years, substituting crushed cuttings for a portion of the hay. Experience has proved, 

 however, the necessity of including 'a more watery form of food with them, and 

 M. Giret uses cut mangels and swedes. He says " since my animals have been fed in 

 this way, I have been able to notice no loss of strength or condition. They appear 

 even to have more energy than under the old regime." (P. Coste-Floret, Travaux du 

 Vignoble, pp. 78 et seq.) 



