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adopted this method with remarkable results for Show 

 cattle, fed four times a day, the evening feed being a hot 

 one. This he prepared by taking the above and adding 

 linseed meal 1 lb., molasses 1 pint, to it, pouring boiling 

 water over the mass, avoiding making it sloppy, thoroughly 

 mixing, covering up for four hours, and feeding with it at 

 8 p.m. 



Mr. Watson gives his own table of the amount of 

 digestible food constituents this represents daily, viz. : 



Lbs. 



Proteid ... 3-277 



Fat 1-000 



Carbo-hydrate... ... ... ... 16-00 



All his animals were watered four times a day, and in 

 cold weather the chill taken off. 



A good daily allowance for winter feeding is 



Hay ... ... ... ... 14 to 20 lbs. 



Oil-cake ... ... ... ... 3 „ 



Bean meal ... ... ... 3 „ 



Boots ... ... ... ... 70 to 90 „ 



But the feeder is not compelled to tie himself down to 

 these articles of diet, there should be a variety of food if 

 obtainable, for example, barley, rye, oats, linseed, pea or 

 bean meal, and such succulent food as cabbage, carrots, 

 parsnips, and turnips. There should also be a judicious 

 mixture, mixed feeding is economical and far better than 

 feeding on one or two particular articles of food to the 

 exclusion of others. The time of feeding must be regular, 

 the amount must be suited to the animal's taste, it should 

 not be in excess or disgust will occur ; everything depends 

 upon the powers of observation of those in attendance, who 

 should be able to recognise when to increase and when to 

 decrease the diet, depending on circumstances, for as the 

 animal advances the appetite becomes capricious, and more 

 frequent feeding with smaller quantities may be necessary. 



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