176 CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



In the case of dry fodder, vetch hay, etc., par- 

 ticularly the latter, a small amount at least should be 

 chaffed and mixed with a certain amount of chaffed 

 winter silage greens, or pulped roots, and the whole 

 allowed to ferment together for 24 hours before 

 feeding. 



Treacle is also a great appetiser, and when procurable 

 at a cheap rate should certainly be included in a dairy 

 cow's ration. From i to 2 lbs. per day can be given, 

 dissolved in the warm water and poured over chaffed 

 vetch hay, etc. 



This making of the food appetising is well worth 

 while in the case of dairy cows and very young stock. 

 In the case of older cattle, except in the later stage of 

 fattening, the writer simply " gives the food as it 

 grows," the winter greens being eaten where grown, 

 roots thrown out unpulped on grass land, and the dry 

 fodder fed in movable sheds. It must be remembered 

 though that practically all the dry stock are fed this 

 way and fed outside, the open air acting as a good 

 appetiser and the chief economy being in the labour 

 saved in avoiding crop and manure carting, as well as 

 the less labour involved in feeding cattle outside, as 

 compared with stall feeding. 



