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Christmas markets. In the latter case the 

 cattle will run a risk of losing condition if not 

 given a little cake and corn during the last 

 weeks at grass, as the pastures will be getting 

 thin. 



To make grass-fattening as profitable as 

 possible, plenty of attention must be given to 

 the improvement of the pastures, and all one's 

 attention not solely devoted to selecting the 

 best stock and the best food mixtures. Grass 

 land is, as a rule, always capable of improve- 

 ment, and it is neither an expensive nor difficult 

 proceeding, consisting of judicious applications 

 of artificial manures, notably basic slag, rolling 

 and chain harrowing at the right times, and 

 keeping coarse grass eaten down. Improving 

 the pasture will not, however, appreciably 

 reduce the cake and corn bill, as these foods 

 are necessary to balance the grass consumed, 

 but what it will do is to enable more bullocks 

 to be kept on the same land. Improving 

 pastures has the further advantage of being 

 permanent, and so the benefit is reaped year 

 after year. 



" Baby " Beef. — There is a considerable 

 and increasing demand for small joints of beef 



