On Stall Feeding and Clover Cultivation in Switzerland

A decorative typographical ornament with symmetrical floral and scroll motifs is centered at the top of the page.

and my constant experience and observations continued over long times confirm me in my conviction on this matter more and more each year. For we are not talking about the Alps here; a part of them is situated so high that, admittedly, they can be utilized in no other way than through grazing.

If it is a matter of increasing the livestock population, grazing always has considerable inconveniences, as old and young livestock are usually found together on the same pasture. Calves often become pregnant as early as their fifteenth month, or even sooner; and since they have scarcely covered half their growth at this age, their still-weak powers are attacked beyond their capacity; the mother remains small and thin; the quantity of milk is in proportion to her size...