Many thousands of cattle are fattened annually in this way at remarkably low cost.
People gorged and fattened up in preparation for famine.
Mangers showing fattened cattle and gazelles feeding were discovered there and the emplacements are still there now.
The female calves were kept to maintain the milking herd and the bull calves fattened and sold for meat.
They were then fattened on turnips, on which they were folded, and sold as quality mutton.
