On Stall Feeding and Clover Cultivation in Switzerland

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their descendants in the second generation at the age of 2 years have been sold by me more than once for 36 to 40 Reichsthalers a former German silver coin; however, these never went to pasture but were raised in the stable.

Pregnant cows on pasture are moreover exposed to the danger of losing the calf through pushing, jumping, and the like. Nothing is more common than such accidents, which, in contrast, will happen uncommonly rarely in a well-managed stable.

For successful and rapid fattening of livestock, certainly nothing contributes more than feeding that is frequent, divided into small portions, and served with the utmost precision in regard to time.

It is incredible how much this accelerates fatness, and how far