Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-01-18
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Ne,o- England Farmer.
CARE OF STOCK.

At seasonable times we have spoken of the pro-
ducng and gathering of hay roots &c, also of the
importance of making the barn comfortable
Without feed and comfortable lodging, stock will
not thrive. But these alone are not all that the
farmer may proftably allow to his domestic amin
ais.
Kindness gentleness in the general treatment
of all animals is quite conducive to their enjoyment
and thrift we therefore recommend the employ
ment of kind tones and gentle action towards the
inmates of the barn. No matter how large your
outlay of Kindness for the investment will yield
good interest.
The card and curry comb, by exciting the action
of the skin, help to increase the circuations and to
give health and vlgor to the animal. The COW be-
ing generally confined to the yard in winter, and
accustomed to but little exercise, requires carding
and rubbing more than the OK, whose exercise will
open the pores of the skn and help to keep up
good clrculatlons throughout the system. And yet
it is the on, that goes into company with its owner
whose hide is rubbed down with elbow grease
while the cow, needing 1t more is seldom thus ia
vored. good cardng, each morning, will be
found economical food for your beasts.
Let all your animals be so we'll Uttered that their
bed shall be dry and comfortable Sides bedaubed
and wet with excrements, must be both uncomtort-
able and unhealthy
Feed out your hay in small quantities at time
the cattle relish better that which has just been
put before them, than that which they have fouled
by their breath Mix variety of kinds together
fresh meadow hay, salt marsh hay, oat or barley
straw, English hay-these, or whatever OF r IN
gradients you may have, it is often well to mix
thoroughly, and feed out the stock. The pro-
portions must be determined by the quantities of
each that is to be consumed in the of the
winter-but make your calculations so as to have
the food become better in quality toward spring,
than 1t is In mldwnter.
All hay before being fed out, should be well sha-
Mo thn CTR a,obo
and the lighter they lay one upon the other, the
better they will be mastcated, and the more nour-
ishment will they afford
Like their owners cattle relish variety, and it is
we'll to vary the kinds of food frequently fodder
ing Of corn stalks and slower, daily, is reshed not
only by animals that made to eat mean hay,
but also by those that pentfuly fed with hay of
the finest quality.
Roots are fed out profuseLy by some farmers to
their stock They are valuable, no one doubts
but we have sometimes thought, that where more
than peck, or at most peck and a half per day
is given a COW, that the excess above this guam
tty is much less serviceable than the first peck A
large quantity is too loosenng, and produces IT.
ritation which causes much of the food to pass off
too rapidly, and before 1t has given out the
ishment it would have furnished had 1t been longer
retained. Where such results follow, tho your
stock may thrive-4yet the keeping Is expensive
We deem it doubtful whether the use of roots d.
mnlshes to any considerable extent the quantity of
hay which animal requires but where roots arc
used meaner hay will answer the purpose, and the
stock will come out in much better condition in the
spring.
Be regular in your hours of feeding. This regu-
larity contributes much to the quiet and content
ment of all animals
Keep the barn floor clean broom should al
ways be kept there and frequently. used. Save
every thing that stock be made to eat. The
time spent IN the barn In preparing the food and
in keeping the animals clean and comfortable, is far
from being thrown away.
Water should always be in the barn-yard, and it
is desirable to have it under cover
The testimony in regard to the economy of
chopplng hay and straw, is strong and full.