"Hoven" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... better than any other food, some portion of the quality which cheese loses when the cows quit their natural pasturage. Cows fed on cabbages are always quiet and satisfied, while on turnips they often scour and are restless. When frosted, they are liable to produce hoven, unless kept in a warm shed to thaw before being used; fifty-six pounds given, at two meals, are as much as a large cow should have in a day. Frequent cases of abortion are caused by an over-supply ...
— Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them • James John Howard Gregory
... correspondent JANUS DOUSA, for a transcript of the following important letter—the original of which is preserved in the Remonstrant Library of Amsterdam—and for which our correspondent acknowledges his obligations to the great kindness of Prof. des Amories van der Hoven.] ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 • Various |
