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. In the case of fattening bullocks tlie dietary in 



] winter consists largely of roots (sncli as swedes), 



' linseed cake, and oat-straw. In summer the 



. oat-straw and tlie roots may be dropped off, 



I whilst the linseed cake may be diminished by 



I about a half. 



I The food which dairy cows will eat in 



winter-time will consist of such dry food as oafc- 



straw chalfed, hay, sharps, and pollard, unde- 



I corticated cotton cake, oats and beans ; or of 



I roots (such as mangolds and turnips), hay, un- 



decorticated cotton cake, and oat-straw chaffed, 



J Brevrers' grains are also largely used by farmers 



I as food for milch-cows in the winter. In sum- 



^ mer-time the cows will need very little else but 



J grass, although the more expert farmers reckon 



\ to give a small quantity of sharps and pollard, 



UD decorticated cotton cake, and beans. 



With regard to pigs, fattening animals are 

 commonlj'^ given maize, barley-meal, and sharps 

 and pollard ; whilst in the case of sows, the food 

 consists most frequently of sharps and pollard, 

 and bran. 



Poultry, too, consume large quantities of mai;:e, 

 and of o:S:ais from the wheat, aJl the year round, 

 \ but especially in winter-time; and this con- 

 sumption is a specially important matter to all 

 I who keep poultry for profit. 

 I The above statement supplies a very good idea 



I of the foods given daily, according to the season 

 of the year, to live- stock; but of course the stock- 

 owner — whether of horses, bullocks, cows, sheep, 



