350 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



or beginning of the winter season ; namely, the latter 

 part of September, or early in the following month, 

 and that of November, chiefly keeping them through 

 the remaining winter months on straw mixed with a 

 little hay until about the beginning of March ; then 

 continuing to push on their fattening through that 

 and the succeeding month by some sort of rich juicy 

 food or keep, such as the common or Swedish turnip, 

 the carrot, parsnip, beet, and potatoe, in connexion 

 with cut lucerne, tares, or other artificial grasses, un- 

 til the natural pasture grasses be in a fit state or con- 

 dition for being turned upon in an early part of May ; 

 on these they may be carried properly forward, and 

 completed in their fattening out, according to circum- 

 stances, either in August or the succeeding month. 



There is another mode of practice of this nature, 

 that is deserving of particular attention in a local view, 

 which is, that of buying in small-sized neat-cattle 

 stock, as those of the herd or other quick-feeding little 

 kinds, which are in forward or tolerably fair condition, 

 in the early autumn, as soon as the after-grasses or 

 aftermaths are ready for the purpose of fattening them 

 out upon those grasses, and selling them ofl" towards 

 the latter end of October or early in the succeeding 

 month. This is a method of management which is 

 not unfrequently pursued with success in many rich 

 hay districts throughout the kingdom, and especially 

 in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



There may be some other systems of this sort 

 of management in use for feeding and fattening neat- 

 cattle stock in particular situations and places, but 

 these are the most usual, and may be sufficient to show 

 the nature and means of effecting the business under 

 different circumstances. 



