Litchfield enquirer., 1835-01-08

[ FARMERS WORK FOR DEcEMBER.-There is no part of farm management, which re- quiresmoreSkill and attention than that of feeding. .catfe and other domestic animals. RegulaFity ith regard as well to the time in aghith they receive their meals as to the quantity given at each meal is ofgreat con- sequence. If cattle or swine miss their customary allowance they will pine and fret away their flesh at a rate which per- son, unaccustomed to this branch of econ- omy would not anticipate.
 It is important that your store cattle, as ] well as those intended for the butcher, should be kept in thriving state. Whe,h- CT their progress in growth or fatness be slow or fast it should never be intermitted. If the animals remain stationary, yoa lose your time. and the interest of what they are worth. Mar, is this ali.s By irrcgularity 1 and inequality in feeding, you injure the health and constitution pf your cattle, and, in such case, no management can make them profitable stock either fer keeping on hand, or preparing for the butcher. Feed ing cattle may be compared 10 rowing a boat against the current; if you miss a stroke or two, you not ouly cease to ad- 1 vance but arc driven backwards. Three times day. precisely at a certain hour, ac- cording to Mr. Lawrence, ought to be the regular allowance. ....-. With regard to feeding cattle the prov- erb well applies " There is that withhold eth more than is meet, but it tcndeih to poverty" Cattle," said Dr.. Deane, " are more liable to be pinched with cold in December and January than afterwards. And no man knows how favorable the late ter part ofthe season may be. Advantage also, in some cases, may be mado of brow- sing in the latter more than in the former part of the winter. as the buds then begin to swell, and the twigs have more sap in them than before."
 Neat cattle and horses [says the same writer,) should not have SO much laid be- fore them at once as will quite serve to fill them. The hay they have breathed on much they will not eat up clean unless they are very hungry. It is best, therefore, to fodder them twice at night, and twice iR the morning. Let neat cattle as well as horses have both light and fresh air let in upon their fodder, and when the weather is not too cold or stormy, allow the windows to be open. What one sort of cattle leave should be thrown to another sort. Those which chew the cud will eat the leavings of those which do not, and vice versG.
 It is also well Known to farmers, that what cattle leave in the barn they will eat in the open air; and most freely when it is laid on clean snow. Not only this, but the meanest should be given them in this way. What is left will help increase the manure in the yard."
 MT. Lawrence says. three times day. precisely at the commencement of a certain hour, ought to be the regular observance, and cattle, particularly if corn fed, require their fill of water. The easy, contented and improving disposition of the cattle, and small waste of provender attendant on this regularity. is source of constant satisfsc- ton to the experimenting proprietor. The golden rule respecting quantity is as much as beast can eat with a vigorous appetite; all beyond that important crite- not improbably an impeachment to the thrift of the animal. Here is the foundation vf a good argument for the removal of that which the animal leaves. that it may not be left to disgust him and to pail his appe- tite. would advise DO feeder to trust to certain vague notion that fatiening cattle may be safely and advantageously reduced from rich to indifferent or even poor keep ing. Frequently any change is disadvan- tageous ; but if any, it surely ought to be progressive in the goodness of the food. There is often, perhaps generally, a consid- erable saving in A,e provision as the ani- a,als advance i'd fatness but this relates chiefly to those which load themselves with internal fat.
 Cattle licking or rubbing themselves has been formerly held bad sign; on the contrary there can be no doubt of its being an incentestiblc proof of their thriving; the former notion seems to have arisen from the damage they sometimes receive from the quantity of hair and dirt collected by the tongue from their hides, and which may form hair balls in the stomach of danger ous consequence. Hence the use of cur- rying oxen, which are confined from going into the cold air, ofkeeping them perfectly clean, and their hides open. like those of horses in good condition. ". 4. Earmer. From Chambers' Edinbnrg JOnrnni.
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