Cattle and cattle-breedersBlackwood, 1875 - 159 páginas |
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... keep some of the best beasts always in view of the buyers , a stick with a whipcord being used for the purpose . Many were the long rides , the late nights , and early mornings that Thom and I had together in the north buying drove ...
... keep some of the best beasts always in view of the buyers , a stick with a whipcord being used for the purpose . Many were the long rides , the late nights , and early mornings that Thom and I had together in the north buying drove ...
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... keep may be entirely thrown away . I make it an almost universal rule ( and I have never departed from the rule except with a loss ) , that I will graze no cattle except those that have been kept in the open straw- yard , and have been ...
... keep may be entirely thrown away . I make it an almost universal rule ( and I have never departed from the rule except with a loss ) , that I will graze no cattle except those that have been kept in the open straw- yard , and have been ...
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... keeping one half on yellow turnips , and one half on swedes , both lots getting full turnips . Those on the swedes shot far ... keep is in other respects the same . It is of very little con- sequence to the grazier now , however , to be ...
... keeping one half on yellow turnips , and one half on swedes , both lots getting full turnips . Those on the swedes shot far ... keep is in other respects the same . It is of very little con- sequence to the grazier now , however , to be ...
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... keep in view how the cattle have been kept . If they have been kept impro- perly for your purpose , their size , whether large or small , will not save you from loss . If the cattle are kept on cake , corn , potatoes , or brewers ' wash ...
... keep in view how the cattle have been kept . If they have been kept impro- perly for your purpose , their size , whether large or small , will not save you from loss . If the cattle are kept on cake , corn , potatoes , or brewers ' wash ...
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... keep . But there is a race of starved vermin which is known by some in the north by the name of “ High- land hummlies , " which I consider the worst of all breeds . No keep will move them much . At the top of these I must place those ...
... keep . But there is a race of starved vermin which is known by some in the north by the name of “ High- land hummlies , " which I consider the worst of all breeds . No keep will move them much . At the top of these I must place those ...
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