FEEDING YOUNG STOCK 
THERE is not much to be said on feeding 
young stock that has not already been touched 
in the other chapters upon feeding. There is 
a need for serious consideration, however, of 
the matter of feeding green feed. 
It should be remembered that green feed is 
not only succulent but also a very severe drain 
on any animal when a change from grain and 
hay to green pasturage,is made. It has a 
decided laxative effect and often gives cattle, 
for instance, diarrhoea or the “‘scours.” 
With rabbits, green feed has this laxative 
effect and unless handled intelligently it will 
serve to throw them off feed and perhaps give 
the fancier some little trouble. 
In the case of young stock, there is a serious 
disagreement as to the matter of feeding it at 
all. Some breeders contend that better re- 
sults are obtained by not feeding green food 
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