C a t ^ s Farm Management 



but pick out and house the best of it. 

 Scatter your straw with salt and you 

 can then feed it in place of hay. 

 When in the spring you begin to feed 

 (more heavily to prepare for work), 

 feed a measure of mast or of grape 

 husks, or a measure of ground lu- 

 pines, and fifteen pounds of hay. 

 When the clover is ripe, feed that 

 first. Gather it by hand so that it 

 will bloom a second time, for what 

 you harvest with the sickle blooms 

 no more. Feed clover until it is dry, 

 then feed vetch and then panic grass, 

 and after the panic grass feed elm 

 leaves. If you have poplar, mix that 

 with the elm so that the elm may last 

 the longer. If you have no elm feed 

 oak and ^g leaves. 



Nothing is more profitable than to 

 take good care of your cattle. 



Cattle should not be put out to 

 graze except in winter when they are 

 not worked; for when they eat green 



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