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judiciously on good pasture the gains are probably more 

 rapid than under any other system. When cold weather 

 comes on if the cattle have been well chosen they are 

 ready to go to market. There is profit to animals and 

 to grass in feeding linseed or cottonseed meal or cake on 

 grass. The manure from meal or cake fed animals is 

 richer than when they are fed corn and the grass re- 

 sponds well. It is more profitable commonly to feed corn 

 with the meals. 



Giving Salt on Pasture. Ordinarily it is unwise to 

 limit animals in their consumption of salt. After they 

 have become accustomed to salt by having been "salted" 

 for several days in succession one may as well fill a 

 strong box in some place where rain will not leach it 

 away with coarse cheap salt, one sort being about as 

 good as another. When barrel salt is cheapest one may 

 as well roll a barrel into one's shed and cutting a liberal 

 good-sized hole in its side allow the animals to go to it 

 at will. If there is danger of bloating from too much 

 succulent alfalfa or red clover in pasture, slaked lime add- 

 ed to the salt is said to lessen the trouble. Pure bone- 

 meal (it is made especially for feeding animals) should 

 be mixed with salt wherever there is lime-deficiency in 

 the soil. Put in several pounds of bonemeal to one pound 

 of salt. 



Making Export Steers on Grass. There are parts of 

 the Virginias and some other states devoted largely to 

 making steers for English markets to which they are 

 sent alive. It requires for making export steers good 

 grass, good water and suitable climate. It is notable 

 that mountain pastures though somewhat less luxuriant 



