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are half summered, and yield at once adequately. 

 For young cattle, it is still worse management ; 

 for their growth is stunted,, and they never recover 

 it. Black cattle from poor mountains had better 

 be put to straw than any other stock ; but here 

 again care must be taken that the system be not de- 

 ranged by it. If well fed, and the beasts be not 

 large, they may be cleared off between harvest and 

 the end of November ; but if they are wintered on 

 straw., this may not be effected, and the farmer 

 may be forced to put himself to the expence of corn 

 or oil-cake, to feed beasts not of a size to pay well 

 enough for those articles. The evil is less if he has 

 plenty of turnip or cabbage, but for these he may 

 have other applications. In so far as regards the 

 quality of the farm-yard dung, all this reasoning 

 becomes still more forcible ; for from straw-fed 

 cattle, the farmer will, at the end of winter, find 

 perhaps a large heap, of so poor a quality, that it 

 will go but a little way in manuring his fields ;. 

 whereas, one load of dung made by fat or well fed 

 cattle, will be equal to two or three of it. 



The proper food for cows in this month is cut 

 chaff, one half hay and the other half straw, with 

 a good bait of turnips or cabbages. For young cat- 

 tle, the same chaff, and as much cabbage as they 

 wil) eat ; and the same, or turnips, for black cattle. 

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" Bean-straw, if well harvested, forms a very 

 .rty and nutritious diet tor cattle in the winter 



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