Lwe Stock. Rearing young Cattle. 



that there is no way in which it can be applied with greater benefit than &quot; by giv*- 

 ing the young cattle a daily allowance during the iirfl two or three winters/ 



Whenever ftraw is employed as fodder for young ftock without the above forts 

 f food, if it be not very good, or {lightly mixed with fome graffy material , .a lit 

 tle hay fliould always be blended with it, in order that it may be prefervcd in prc^ 

 per condition.. It is alfo of confequence that the animals be ferved with this fort 

 of fodder. in a regular manner, as, where too much is given at a- time, Mr. Mar 

 jfliaH has remarked that they do not thrive fo well. 



There is another circumftance which is of material importance in the wintering- 

 f young ftockj which is that of keeping them more warm and dickered from wer- 

 than is ufuall.y the cafe, as by this means they thrive fafter, with a-lefs ; confump~- 

 tion of foodj than in the contrary circurnftances. This may be effected either by. 

 tying them up in ftalls, in houfes for the purpofe, or-by keeping them -in good 

 iheds in weli-inclofed yards. 



There are feveral reafons for keeping young cattle-flock of different ages dif- 

 tincl: from each other, both in their winter and fummer keeping. It is obvious &amp;gt; 

 that in this mode they feed with lefs interruption and inconvenience to each others 

 And it is remarked by Mr. Young, &quot; that it is not right to keep yearling calves - 

 and two-year olds together, becaufe^ in general, the younger the cattle are, the 1 

 better they mould be fed/ 



Thequeftion of feeding the cattle tied up, or ioofe in the yards , in winter, has- 

 not been yet decided. Each method has probably advantages. In the firft the 

 cattle thrive better when left nt liberty to run about the yards. Mr. Marfhalf 

 found that in Yorkfhire, cattle kept tied up and regularly fed with ftraw in a mo- 

 derate proportion did better than in the fouthern parts of the ifland, where left&quot; 

 Ioofe in the midft of greater plenty. Whether this effect is to be afcribed to the 

 greater warmth, the refting better, the breed, or the being fed more regularly and 

 fating with an appetite, he cannot determine. Some experiments of Mr. Young s 

 alfo lead to the conclufion, that cattle-ftock thrive better when tied up. They 

 like wife fhow that the practice of tying up is the only one that can be had recourfe 

 to where ftraw is not in great plenty, and the quantity of the ftock very inadequate 

 to its confumption.* 



* Annals of Agriculture, vol. XVIVI. 



