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CHAPTER XIII. 



FEEDING (CONTINUED). 



fhBiag cattle, or feedini; with green ibod. Shelter in winter ne- 

 CMMry: its inflii.nrp on thr- economy of food. Effecta of ex- 

 ercise, of clos- f warmth. Of cut and rooked 

 food; reason-^ .■ . Linseed ^elly. Soured (bod; 

 probablf ' >Kts place in souring. Differences in 

 nuuiure!> lasses of animals : from the young 



•oimal; i.v,,.. ...^ cow ; from full grown, and frona &t- 



ttninc animals. KiYect of feeding varioua cUmm in <totari»> 

 ndBf putures. 



SECTION L OH THB SOILING OF STOCK. 



The practice of fee(]in(? various crops to catUe, 

 \(rhile they ar. i ling, as it is otherwise 



tf-rmfti, has . ion of late years, and 



j»t-r to tit ^ rds to it here. 



1 1 such an . ■ ; : 1. That the 



food troin an acre goes farther; 2. That the auBMiii 

 thrive better; 3. That their manure is more perfeody 

 preserv-ed. 



a, Tliis latter ]M)i>ition is unquestionably a true OQe; 

 the manure bein^; under cover, is not exposed to eva- 

 poration or washing, and is without doubt not only 

 more valuable, but is retaine<l in greater bulk. 



k It is probaiily true, al.so, that theg^reon foodlHBi 

 an acre goes much farther than the same amount wmU 

 do wlitn dried. I sup{K)se that it is impossible to 

 make hay or fodder from any green crops, without to 

 a considerable degree changing their oompoaitioQy 

 tfaui rendering them, to a certain extent, hani <umI fai- 

 Agcatible; some parts, which before 

 becoming in drying nearly iiLsoluble. 



