ON THE SUCCESSION OF CROPS. 265 



warmth than young ones ; but none in this climate 

 require to be shut up in a close building. It is as inju- 

 rious to them as a close room to the human species, — 

 as close covering of the head of infants. We are con- 

 fident that all young cattle will winter better when 

 sheltered by an open shed that keeps off rains and 

 winds, than when shut up in a barn with tight- 

 matched boards. 



Calves. It has long been a maxim, that calves 

 should not be kept too close during the first winter. 

 They must be kept on good hay : rowen is excellent 

 for their young teeth, as yet unused to grind dry fod- 

 der ; and this should be fed to them in the first of 

 the winter, when they are likely to suffer most. 



Turnips and potatoes are excellent for calves, and^a 

 very few of these roots will keep the animals growing 

 through the winter. The best remedy we have ever 

 tried for scours in calves is boiled skim-milk. These 

 animals require something more than hay to carry 

 them through the first winter. They should not be 

 suffered to stop in their growth at this age. By a little 

 attention in the first winter, they may be brought to 

 give milk one whole year sooner than those that have 

 been neglected. It is more an object to bring them to 

 milk while young, than to make them of large size. 



[From Chaptal's Chemistry.] 

 ON THE SUCCESSION OF CROPS. 



A SOIL may be forced, by extreme care, enormous 

 expense, and the use of manure without measure, to 

 produce all sorts of crops ; but it is not in such sort of 

 proceedings that the science of agriculture consists. 

 Agriculture ought not to be considered as an object of 

 luxury ; and, whenever the produce of agricultural 

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