Cattle and Cattle-breedersWilliam Blackwood, 1869 - 135 sider |
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... bullock that has never been forced , and has never tasted cake , corn , or potatoes . The store cattle I winter for grazing are all kept in open strawyards , with a sufficient covering for bad weather , and as dry a bed as the quantity ...
... bullock that has never been forced , and has never tasted cake , corn , or potatoes . The store cattle I winter for grazing are all kept in open strawyards , with a sufficient covering for bad weather , and as dry a bed as the quantity ...
Side 21
... bullock is of great ad- vantage . If we could get the qualities and propor- tions I have specified in animals , it would not be difficult to make them fat . It would be difficult only to make them lean , when once in condition . A high ...
... bullock is of great ad- vantage . If we could get the qualities and propor- tions I have specified in animals , it would not be difficult to make them fat . It would be difficult only to make them lean , when once in condition . A high ...
Side 22
... bullock will make in four or five weeks at the first of the season . If kept on straw and turnips alone in winter , he may add a third or at least a fourth to his live weight . But much depends on the weather . I have never known cattle ...
... bullock will make in four or five weeks at the first of the season . If kept on straw and turnips alone in winter , he may add a third or at least a fourth to his live weight . But much depends on the weather . I have never known cattle ...
Side 25
... bullock ; the other end of the rope is taken round the stake ; two men are put upon it , and overhaul the bullock to his place . When tightened up to the stall the chain is attached to the neck , and the beast is fast . We can tie up ...
... bullock ; the other end of the rope is taken round the stake ; two men are put upon it , and overhaul the bullock to his place . When tightened up to the stall the chain is attached to the neck , and the beast is fast . We can tie up ...
Side 30
... bullock for a year , thinking I would improve him , and given him everything he would take ; and when that day twelvemonth came round , he was worse than a twelvemonth before . You can only torture nature so far ; and if you force a ...
... bullock for a year , thinking I would improve him , and given him everything he would take ; and when that day twelvemonth came round , he was worse than a twelvemonth before . You can only torture nature so far ; and if you force a ...
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