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53. i'ng them both meat arid drink; thefe with a 



REARING little hay being their only fuftenance. Some 

 farmers give them oats and bran ; but Mr. S. 

 efteems them dear feeding. 



The time of their taking to turneps is un- 

 certain : where there are older calves that have 

 learnt to eat turneps plentifully, the young 

 ones readily learn, by picking up the crumbs 

 made by the old ones *. 



About March, the firft-reared are turned out 

 among the fatting bullocks, in the day-time j 

 and in a few'days, if the weather permit, are 

 turned out altogether. 



During Cummer they are kept in the clo* 

 Vers, or at other high keep ; and by next au- 

 tumn are flout enough to ftand the par-yardi 

 This is efteemed a main advantage of rearing 

 calves early in the feafon ; for thofe reared late 

 in the fpring want two years nurfing. 



The price of calves, about ten days old, is 

 eight or ten millings 3 and of buds or yearlings* 

 from twenty to thirty fliillings -, fo that twenty 

 (hillings is an out-fide produce of a reared 

 calf j fifteen fhillings, perhaps, is nearer the pan 



* Breaking the turneps with a mallet has been found 

 to induce calves to take to them fooner than when thcy 

 are cut with a {harp-edged tool. Perhaps, pounding them, 

 and mixing the pulp with milk, would be ftill better. 



This 



