On Stall Feeding and Clover Cultivation in Switzerland

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feeding, or to let them graze: and this in terms of both livestock utility and manure?

For granted, as is certain, that through the increased manure that one can expect from stabling the cattle, only such an advantage arises that would be lost again through the decline in the immediate utility of the cattle, or even outweighed by the damage resulting therefrom, then stabling becomes either useless or even harmful. Since, however, the increase in manure with this agricultural arrangement has its undoubted accuracy, one must first treat that part of the question which at first glance falls less clearly into view.

We shall first proceed according to certain principles, and both our own and varied