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go four or five miles an hour. In India, they often per- 

 form journeys of sixty successive clays, at thirty to forty 

 miles a day. A Sussex ox ran four miles, at the rate of 

 fifteen miles an hour. A calf will run as fast as a colt. 

 We have often found their speed sufficient, when we 

 have attempted to catch them. 



FOOD. 



We have treated more particularly of food under the 

 head " Horses," and the remarks there as to quality of 

 food, its condition and preparation, and effects, will 

 generally apply to other animals, but the horse, from 

 more violent exertion, and greater exposure to the ex- 

 tremes of heat and cold, is more affected by food of an 

 unfavorable nature. 



GREEN HERBAGE. 



The grasses are the principal food of cattle during the 

 warm season. It is superior for milch cows, growing 

 animals, and for fatting or idle animals ; and it answers 

 very well for working cattle, when at moderate labor. 

 Cows feeding on grass alone, and having a good supply 

 of the best quality, produce the largest quantity and the 

 best quality of milk, especially in June, when grasses 

 are in their prime. There is a variety of grasses in our 

 pastures ; the clovers are superior. They flourish well 

 in new lands, but decline in old pastures that are neg- 

 lected. 



Rye is used for early feed, before grass starts, both 

 for soiling and for pasturage. Orchard grass starts 

 rather early in spring. When pastures fail in the latter 

 part of summer, green corn fodder is given to cattle to 

 supply the deficiency. It is raised to considerable extent 

 tor rri.i:h cows. With but little labor, great crops are 

 raised, which make excellent feed. We have credible 

 account of thirty or forty tons of green food to the acre. 

 Southern corn is generally used, from its luxuriant 

 growth ; but Chinese Tree corn is best, and next to thia 

 the sweet corn. 



