. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book- I. AGRICULTURE OF HAMPSHIRE. 11G5 usually piven to the cows when the after-srass is consumed ; it is soinetiinL*s g
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book- I. AGRICULTURE OF HAMPSHIRE. 11G5 usually piven to the cows when the after-srass is consumed ; it is soinetiinL*s given in the s>J>rinK to cows that have newly calved. The large sugar-loat cabbage has been occabionally used, when the pa^tu^es begin to fail and the after-grass is not ready ; a circum(»tance which frequently happens, especially in drv weather. Turnips are given to the cattle in the winter, wliile they are feeding on straw ; and as, at this time, no cheese is made, any objection to their use, from the llavour thev give to the mi'tk, is of little consequence. The reporter made enquiries from several fanners, with a view of ascertain- ing whether the stall-feeding of their milch cows might not be continued during the whole year, but he found the general opinion to be against this practice; though it did not ai)i>ear that any experiments, sufficient for the decision of the point, had hitherto been made. It was suggested to him, how- ever, that it would be an improvement upon the present ma- nagement, to let the cows stand in their houses during the heat of the day in summer, where, by giving them a few cabbages or tares, the milk would continue forming, and the cattle bj defended from the i^nd-fly, which, by tormenting them in tlie fiLjIds, frequently injures both the quantity and quality of the milk. Tnne afculviit^ March and April. At calving-time the cow- man, or the master, are frequently up two or three times in the course of a night, to see whether any thing is a
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