Cattle, Sheep, and Deer: (containing Also Remarks on the Game Laws and Grouse Moors)Steel & Jones, 1872 - 745 páginas |
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... week after week , but yet the rain fell not . The crops were , therefore , brought to too early maturity , and the pastures withered up . The absence of rain has , moreover , been felt to act injuriously on all vegetation . We learn ...
... week after week , but yet the rain fell not . The crops were , therefore , brought to too early maturity , and the pastures withered up . The absence of rain has , moreover , been felt to act injuriously on all vegetation . We learn ...
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... weeks old , the calf being produced at its full time ; that the heifer took a premium as a two - year old in - calf heifer , and a second premium as a cow in milk , against an unusually large number of competitors . Mr. Wright , another ...
... weeks old , the calf being produced at its full time ; that the heifer took a premium as a two - year old in - calf heifer , and a second premium as a cow in milk , against an unusually large number of competitors . Mr. Wright , another ...
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... weeks after calving ; to do otherwise will prove a failure , and will be detrimental to the animal . If a cow or heifer should miss to stand to the bull before the end of May , and the weather get warm , it is difficult to get them in ...
... weeks after calving ; to do otherwise will prove a failure , and will be detrimental to the animal . If a cow or heifer should miss to stand to the bull before the end of May , and the weather get warm , it is difficult to get them in ...
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... weeks . Many a good breeding animal has been lost in this way , and gone to the butcher , the owner having despaired of getting them in calf ; whereas , if he had had patience until September or October , when the cold weather sets in ...
... weeks . Many a good breeding animal has been lost in this way , and gone to the butcher , the owner having despaired of getting them in calf ; whereas , if he had had patience until September or October , when the cold weather sets in ...
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... weeks new milk is best . After this it may be trained to feed upon other food , and the allowance of milk gradually reduced . The rearing and fattening of calves is a very important part of rural economy , and on the care with which ...
... weeks new milk is best . After this it may be trained to feed upon other food , and the allowance of milk gradually reduced . The rearing and fattening of calves is a very important part of rural economy , and on the care with which ...
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