The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-09-25
FITTETING sgOG.l.

Isl, The preparation # f0od.-This
should be so prepared tia! its putTiIlye
properties may all be made available to
the use OF the animal aad not only so,
but Appropriated wiz the least possible
expenditure of muscular excr,iOn and en-.
ergy. The OK that is obliged to wander
over an acre to get the food be should
find on , or square rods; the horse
tina. is two or three hours in eating the
coarse food he would swallow in iileeu
minutes, II the grain was ground or the
hay cut as it should be; the sheep that
spends hours making lis way into a tuy.
nip, when, if il were sliced, 1t wouulI he
eaten in as many minutes; the pig that
eats raw potatoes or whole corn, when
either cooked could be eaten in one.rour!h
% the tlmc-may indeed fluen, but much
less rapidly than if the food was given
them IN proper manner. AlIlood should
be given 10 flllening animal in such a
state that as little lime and labor as posi-
bic on the part Of The animal shall BE- re.
quired in eating.
"2a, The Food Shouii be in 0Jmd-
oice.-Ffom the time the flllenin. pro.
cess commences until the animal il slaugh-
tered, he should never be without food.
Health and appetite are best promoted By
change oil food rather than by limiting the
quantity. The animal that Is stuffed and
starved alternately, may have sueaked
meat, but i; will be made to slowly for
The benefit Of The owner.
"a, TIE (o2d 5loullJs givm rcga.
iariy.-Fhs'is one Of BE most essential
Poia.s 10 feeding aniu-is. II given If.
regularly, the annual indeed consumes
has food, but lie soon acquires 4 restless
disposition, : disturbed at every appear.
ance Of his feeder. and Is never m ,hst
quiet state SO necessary 10 The taking on
OF Ia. Il Is surprising how readily any
&Himal Acquires habits Of regularity in
feeding, and how soon the influence Of
this IS felt in the improvement Of his con.
sii,ullon. When at The regular hour the
pig has had his pudding, or the sheep lis
iurnips, they compose themselves TO res,
with the consciousness that their diges.
uon is not 10 be unseasoEaby disturbed,
or their quiet broken by unwonted invi-
talion 10 eat. Al creatures fat,en much
faster in the dark than in the light, fact
only TO be accounted fer by their greater
quiet. Some of those creatures that are
the mos! irritable and impatient of restraint
while eating, such as turkeys and geese,
are found 10 take on fat rapidly when
confined in dark rooms and fed at stated
hours by hand. There is no surer proof
that pig is doing well than to see him
eat his meal quickly, and then retire TO
his bed to sleep, or cogitale until the hour
vi feeding returns
We will close this article with remark
respecting the droves's business. L,
should always be a standing rule with the
farmer 10 have his stock, when taken,o
market, driven as lille as possible. The
loss Of fat sustained by animals to far
driven, is very great. Some gentlemen
IN Great Britain have tested this matter.
Five sheep were sent from WanAeel 10
London, to walk the whole distance, and
hive sheep were kept a, hume. Each 10,
weighed the same exactly, but when both
lots were killed, il was found lha, the lot
driven on foot had los, sixty pounds,
while there was gain on the lot at home
Of ID! lbs. So that the real loss was "A !
lbs. on the five sheep. The plan should
be IL lake them in conyeyances, whenev
er il is practicable. Ii farmer drives
his failened stock 25 miles on foot, when
he could have taken them by railroad OF
steamboat, he becomes greg loser.