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OF the many changes imposed by the war upon British agriculture, few have aroused greater misgivings amongst practical men than the restrictions imposed upon meat production by the reduction of supplies of imported feeding-stuffs. During the many years of abundant and cheap supplies of these materials before the war it became the normal practice of the cattle-feeder to feed lavishly with the view of turning out the fat beeves of prime quality which have always been the special pride of the British farmer. The economy of the practice was frequently called in question, and results of experimental investigation were not wanting to supply evidence that the standard of feeding which represented the upper limit of economy was not very high. Recent controversies, however, have revealed how little practice had been affected by the teachings of the economist before the shrinkage of food supplies occasioned by the war rendered so-called “high” feeding physically impossible.
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C., C. War Time Beef Production . Nature 102, 227–228 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/102227a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/102227a0