254 BUCK-V/IILAT, [MAY. 



or September. The other scheme is, to buy in 

 smaller beasts in May lean, and sell them fat from 

 the grass in the October and November following. 

 Where winter food is raised with spirit, and the 

 farmer takes a proper care to provide great plenty 

 of litter to turn into dung, the first method is 

 much the most profitable : but, where either of 

 these requisites are wanting, the latter is preferable. 



A third system, to buy at that period which will, 

 according to the size of the cattle, admit their being 

 ready for market in April and May, when meat is 

 generally sure of a good price ; one winter not 

 highly fed ; a summer's grass, and a second winter 

 driven on by the best feeding. This for large oxen ; 

 if smaller, to be bought in in spring, and have 

 only a summer's grass and a winter's stalling. 

 CAKE AND CORN-FED BEASTS. 



Our young- farmer, if he has any cake of corn- 

 fed beasti, not i\\( enough to go off the end of 

 April or tii - ;> Binning of May, is under no neces- 

 sity of parting with them, as they do very well on 

 good grass though taken from oil -cake : I have 

 known, however, in Lincolnshire, cake in a mode- 

 rate allowance to be given while the berets were at 

 grass, and to go on very rapidly while thus fed. 

 BUCK-WHEAT. 



This may be sown towards the end of the month. 

 So late a time has offered the opportunity of good 



d of course, the land 



is fine, and in good order. It is a most profitable 

 crop, and especially on all (except very heavy soils) 



land 



