The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-02-03
From the Ohio Farmer.
should Cattle and sheep bc fed
ih:cc tttncs "a day.
MUNsoN, January 12. 1858.

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Dean BRowN:--l have noticed of late
IN nnumber OF communications in agricul
,ural papers, ,--unh yours among. The res.
| from practical men. and mcn Of expert
encc. and some of them laying claim /,
scientific knowledge ge-recomuending tht
practice of feeding calle and sheep thre,
time, day.
Before giving up an old practice to
which have long been accustomed; and
! Tor the continuance of which think very
good reasons can be given, must insist
on being furnished with reasons, and be-
ing met with arguments which will Con-
vince me lha, my practice is wrong, and
others right; and the moment | nm 50
convinced, even we're i, Lha,l must not
eat myself, Ga habit, by-,he-by, to which
| am strongly addiacd, | am ready Ia u
! dopl the better way.
! hut, nDoLI feeling cattle three times u
day. Obj rcl 10 II for scve. al reasons;
| aud first, ! rake into account the Iacl that.
The digestive organs are entirely different
in rumlnaiing animals, from ,h,Sc which
do mol chew the cud.
When ruminasiLy animal. n cow r'r
instance, has taken II lulI supply of fool.
the most natural course seems in b'.aiIcr
shnrl interval Of rest, in raise Ih' wnolr,
IN small qnan iUcS alta ,im'. aud maSli.
cate II III 'rclIh Y. mixing il with the Sc.
crcIionS nI the >nlNary glands. when i,
p,>'es mo he second stomach aud is
then artcl nn by the ga,r,c JUICE, and di.
Z Slrd.
IT. ST. ms H. me that any man, although
h" h'vn no experience in such matters.
m t'l sccat Il gancc, that all This TAX $
r"mSiierab q time, ani common sense
moId ra her dictate ihnl an anlmui should
have time trprrinrm All these operations,
after haNinS akcn a supply of food, DO,
fore lIavlnga v more.
This b lag the theory, then L., us look
itile NJ Ihlug' a> ,hcv are, lur iacis are
Siubbprn l,inSs Watch II COW when
turned oul /" good grass; YOU wi see her
raI wi'h avliI.y lrrni one Lu twu hours,
ani thea v"I wIi iih her ilviri ID v eek
II pa'c 20, rrpoSc,,ni rcn in quiet and n,
rest Tor nn ho II o. So. wh u tho ri nina.
ting process Is commenced, aud conlinu.
"i for lhrrc az four hnurs more, provided
the anihiIl was nh Z TO nbaIn u full sup.
ply within the iir,t m ned iinr; fer We
mnH r'r"llrrl ilraI mhrn gives COW
ora Nh' cp food in winter. it Is such in
qraI'y ani qlan i'y. that the uuinui " II !
Iakr enough ~ he luiy satisfied. in from
Two To wa oul half hours, or in nb,u,
lhcsa 'e2gih Of limo they woald eat
enough in g"oi feed vi hen wrncd 10 grns .
The Snmming up viii give us two and
a ha'i hour, lur eallns. one hour res -four
hours i"r rumlnaliun, making IN all seven
aud hal hours Ia get The food in u stnle
l"r 'he digestive organs 10 begin 10 net up.
IN II. The necessary time for the pro-
Cess Of digestion will of course be from
four to five hours more. making IN all,
rom eleven 10 Twelve hours between tho
lines when an animal would naturally
need feeding; and in this calculation, no
allowance is made for rest 10 The orgens,
''irr the process of digestion is completed,
before a'kng them again.
II my view ofthe subject Is correct the
,rac'ice Of feeding ruminaing animals
hrce 'lncs II day is no, Unly unnecessa.
~ bn' positively injurious; for no farmer
'l my acquaintance feeds his cattle EARL. F.,
r. Than about 6 o'clock. A, NJ IN winter,
ND irfrd again NJ noon. The rumnatng
'rocess is not completed, and il again fed 4
u 8, p. NJ twill no, give he animal sui.
lclenl Time properly TO masucate It's food.
wen by keeping it's erinderS in constant +.
notion, so that, ut the best, there mus, be
"rced on The dgcsnve organs portion Of
ood Improperly mns'ica,ed. causing an
xtra amount "flibr Tor The % or ANS.
nj a' ,hs risk OF cngcndrring disease. ,
Such being my convic'iouS in this mar. {
~. my piacti"e has CONFIRMED To il. ms \
early ~ poss,ha. aoI a,n ilsl S, ego.
! ica rs Ia ,h!rk hat nv ra,l,e ara Gen.
fr', j. ~ gnW .e,ui,uuu, a. 'rn,t II,
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