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April in good order, and then allow them to lose 

 half the benefit of a good wintering for the want of a 

 little more feed and attention. They should persevere 

 in well-doing a little longer, that their cattle may com- 

 mence the summer in good plight. In this way they 

 will make a good summer's growth ; and many of them 

 will turn for early beef, when beef is almost always 

 higher than in autumn. 



226. It is a very great error to suppose that young 

 cattle may be turned off with the most innutritioue 

 food, and with little care and no shelter. On the con- 

 trary, they should be warmly sheltered, kindly cared 

 for, and fed with nutritious food. The milk of the 

 mother contains all that they need in the earliest stage 

 of life. When weaned from this, they should be so 

 fed as to make no unnecessarily great change in their 

 fare. It is bad policy to give them a stint at this 

 period, from which they will never fully recover. 



227. All animals are subject to a constant waste of 

 the body. Every few years, probably as often at least 

 as once in seven years, the entire body is changed. 

 The old particles have been removed, and new ones 

 have taken their place. This waste and renewal are 

 more rapid in young, than in older animals. From 

 their food, therefore, must be supplied the material not 

 only for their growth, but for that waste of the bodv 

 which is so rapid at this age. 



MILK. 



228. It is well known that the milk of some cows is 



