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493 NEAT CATTLE:

require an animal which will be a considerable time’

growing into size and price.

The great art in feeding cattle in the stall, to profit, is, to give them as much, but no more, than they can well digest; all beyond being some- what worse than thrown away.‘The best rule to judge by, is, that they eat up their allowance with a vigorous appetite, neither leaving ought nor han- kering after more, but appearing willing to take rest. Some, from over-voraciousness, will load themselves so much, as to produce intestinal ob- struction, and consequent loss of appetite, and im- pediment to thrift: warm and aperient mashes, with sulphur, or salt, generally prove a remedy. Others, with digestive and ejective powers, equal to their voracity, will super-abound with blood, which will be discovered by inflammation in the eyes, warbles in the back and loins, and much rubbing; two or three moderate bleedings, at a fortnight interval, will prevent any ill effects, and forward improve- ment.

In winter-feeding, the best stock should be cho- sen, noris it worth while, om account of the low price, to purchase barren cows, for if you make them good, in case of a declining market, your salesman’s account from Smithfield, will not be pleasing, as I have once or twice experienced; whereas the high form of your commodity might, in some measure, shield you.. There is another rea- son, all females having bred are large consumers, which I know from a number of observations. An old cow, of fifty or sixty stone, will devour more hay,

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