JANUARY. 1C) 



YOUNG CATTLE. 



The last year's calves should now be fed with 

 hay and roots, either turnips, carrots, or potatoes ; 

 and they should be thoroughly well fed, and kept 

 perfectly clean by means of litter : at this age it is 

 a matter of great consequence to keep such young 

 cattle as well as possible, for the contrary practice 

 will inevitably stop their growth, which cannot be 

 recovered by the best summer food. If hay is not 

 to be had, good straw must be substituted ; but 

 then the roots should be given in greater plenty, 

 and with more attention. To steers and heifers 

 two years old, the propef food is hay, if cheap ; 

 or straw, with baits of turnips, cabbages, &c. It 

 is not right to keep yearling calves and two-year 

 olds together ; because, in general, the younger the 

 Qattle are, the better they should be fed. 



FATTENING BEASTS. 



At this time, the farmer who makes it his bu- 

 siness to winter fatten, is in the height of his 

 work. There are three methods of fattening cattle, 

 viz. carrying their turnips, &c. to a dry grass-field, 

 to a farm-yard, or to the house where the beasts 

 are tied up : the two latter methods are the best. 

 Not many pastures are dry and sound enough 

 to bear the tread of an ox in winter ; but great 

 numbers are fattened in the field, in Norfolk, 

 eating the turnips where they grow. If fattened in 

 a yard, the food, viz. turnips, cabbages, or carrots* 



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