CAEE AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 845 



The following rations are selected from different parts of 

 England :* 



I. 



^^^^ ■■■ ■■■ 6 lbs. daily. Half morning and night. 



Mixed meals ... 2 galls. Half morning and night. 



Roots ... ... A to 1 bushel. After breakfast. 



Long hay and hay chaff mixed with roots at 8 p.m. 



II. 



Cake ... 

 Corn ... 



Hay 



Roots ... 



Oat straw ad lib. 



IV. 



Lbs. 



4 



4 



7 



60 



III. 



Lbs. 



100 



Swedes . . 



Meal 4 



Cake 4 



Chaff scalded with linseed tea 

 ad lib. 



V. 



4 lbs 



4 „ 

 28 „ 



Linseed cake ... 6 lbs. to 8 lbs. 

 Crushed beans or 



peas 1 gall. 



Hay and cabbage. 



The mixed meals consist of equal parts of oats, wheat, white peas, 

 and linseed, ground and mixed. 



Mixed meals 

 Linseed cake 

 Pulped roots 

 Chopped hay and straw. 



A well-known breeder in Monmouth fattens his cattle 

 in the open during the winter, in a sheltered and warm 

 part of the farm. The animals get what grass is available, 

 and a great deal of cake and meal ; six pounds of a mixture 

 of these are given to begin with, and during the final 

 fattening months from twelve to fourteen pounds daily 

 divided into two feeds at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.t In addition 

 they receive straw, hay, and roots, according to their 

 market value. 



Feeding for Exhibition Shou's.t 



In the fattening of animals for shows a much slower 

 system is pursued, and the calf is frequently left with the 

 dam for some months. After removal he is measured at 



* Taken from ' Stephens' Book of the Farm.' 



t It is very doubtful whether more than seven pounds of cake per 

 diem can be digested. 

 + See also p. 129. 



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