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As stock feeders in this way are commonly mclined 

 to over feed, it is quite necessary to be attentive at all 

 times to their conduct in this respect, as much of the 

 advantage of the practice rests on it. In supplying 

 the daily food great attention is also necessary. It 

 should never on any account be suffered to remain for 

 any length of time closely packed together in the carts 

 or other conveyances, but be immediately spread out 

 in its proper situations before the stock ; and in order 

 to save time and trouble, the best and most ready me- 

 thod would be to have the sizes of the carts or other 

 contrivances for carrying it, adapted to the exact con- 

 sumption of the stock, calculating for two or three 

 fodderings, that the whole, or at least a certain part 

 of it, may be at once readily and conveniently dis- 

 tributed to the cribs or racks of the houses or yards 

 where the cattle are kept. 



Where the supply of the day is collected at one 

 time, the carts or other contrivances should be pro- 

 vided with a number of light open frame divisions, ac- 

 cording to the number of fodderings, in order that too 

 much grassy matter be prevented from being packed 

 too closely together, and that the several different por- 

 tions may be thus more conveniently distributed out 

 to the stock. It is material too, that the crops to be 

 used in the soiling practice should not be suffered to 

 advance too far in their growth before they are used, 

 as by proper attention to this point they may be con- 

 sumed by the cattle with more regularity, and with 

 the least possible waste. 



It is further particularly necessary to the perfect 

 success of this practice, that the cattle themselves be 

 kept quite clean and free from every sort of filth and 

 nastiness, as well as their cribs, racks, boxes, or 

 mangers, and other places ; that there be plenty 



