Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-22
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Economy OF FEEDING FARM STocK STEAMED
FooD.-Ihe scarcity of grain in the years
| 1854 and 1856, has led to the investigation of
more economical methods of feeding farm
stock. Thousands Of farmers who had for
merly been in the habit of feeding hogs, cat.
tie, and horses upon dry corn in the ear, have
found saving Of at least twenty per cent. in
grinding or cleaning the corn fed to their
STOCK But recently, still greater improve
ment has been adopted by system of more
thorough preparation of the food by Stealing
or boiling, which renders it more perfectly
/ adapted to the natural demand of the animal
| economy, thus securing the perfect digestion
| of all the grain consumed.
On the 10th of July last, Mr.. Samuel II,
! Clay of Bourbon county, KY, put up six
thrifty hogs, averaging in weight about 250
! pounds each. These he fed twelve DAYS on
cooked meal-taking fifty pounds of meal.
! adding water, and boiling it until the meal
| had absorbed sufficient water to increase the
| bulk to four hundred and fifty pounds of
mush This was fed to the six hogs twelve
! days. The gain of each hog was from twen-
| ty-tive to fifty pounds This was by the way
| of preparation for the experiment. The hogs
were then separated into three lots, and placed
| in close pens, and fed as follows The first
lot, Nos and 2, were fed on boiled corn, and
consumed, IN this time, nearly seven bushels
when dry. Under this treatment the two
| gained l02 pounds Nos. 8 and were fed
/ the same length of time on boiled meal, pre-
| pared as detailed above. The meal when dry,
was less than five bushels No. gained
| thirty pounds, and gained fifty pounds
Numbers and 6 were fed on dry corn for
the same period, and consumed seven bushels
and one peck. No. gained 10 pounds, and
No. gained 80 pounds. Taking the average
gam OF the hogs in the separate pens under the
various forms of feeding, and estimating the
value of corn at 2S cents per bushel, it brings
the cost of themeat gained per pound as fol-
lows Nos. and 2, fed on boiled corn, at
cent and mills per pound Nos. and 4,
fed on cooked meal, at cent and mills per
pound, and Nos 5 and 6, fed on dry, cost
cents and s mills per pound.
AT the end OF thirty days the hogs were
changed and fed as follows Nos. 5 and s.
that had been fed on dry corn, were changed
and fed on cooked meal for twenty.six DAYS;
they consumed in that time six bushels, and
and gained together seventy -four pounds
Nos. 3 and 4, that had been fed on cooked
meal, were now fed the same length of time
| Ctwenty-six days. on dry corn, and consumed
stE and a half bushels. No. gained thirty
four pounds, and No. gained ten pounds
/ Nos. and were continued on boiled corn
with about the same result as on the first
trial. Estimating the corn above, the cost Of
the gain of Nos and 6, fed on boiled meal
was one and a halt cents per pound. The gain
of Nos. and 4, fed on dry corn, cost four
cents and one mill per pound
Taking the extremes in the experiment, IL
Will be seen that No. when fed on dry corn,
consumed 2O2 l-2pounds, and gained but ten
pounds in thirty days, which brings the cost
OF the pork gained at ten cents and one mill
per pound. The same animal, when put on
boiled meal IN the second trial of twenty-six
days. consumed but III pounds and gained
40 pounds, which reduces the cost to one cent
and four mills per pound. No. 4, when fed
on cooked meal, reduced the cost to one cent
and three mills per pound, and when changed
to dry corn increased the cost to nine cents
and one mill per pound.
Recent trials in feeding dairy COWS on
steamed toon, show eq bal advantage in the
increase of milk and condition ofcows over the
ordinary method of leeding,-HGIey Farmer.
FACT IN REGARD TO BREEDINa.-H is a
| fact, we believe we'll established, though
seemingly not generally known, that the first
calf which a COW produces is generally more
perfect specimen than any future one This
is especially true, it is said by observing breed
| ers, in relation to sh- 1T horns. This fact may
be explained by the very reasonable SUPPOSE
tIon that the tptus will fare much better and
become more perfect, when it receives all the
| spare nourishment of the system Of the mo-
Their, than when part of that nourishment is
carried off in the form of milk.
It's further thought by some to be fact.
that when a calf is allowed to suekle COW
| there is more injury done to a fetus in the
| womb, than when the COW, is mixed by
| hand. The sucking calf will do better in
deed, but at the expense Of the next offspring
of the COW.
From the-Sormer fact alone, or from both
taken together, it follows as an inference, that
i'll those cases in which it is desirable or we'll.
| judged policy to do the very utmost that
can be done to procure an animal Of the
| highest possible excellence, or to improve
| breed, the parent female should neither be
MIXED nor sucked, but be either heifer, OF
| placed in circumstances as nearly resembling
| those of hefer as possible. A foster mother,
| possessing full flow Of milk, should in such
cases be provided for the cali, and the breed
ing cow dried up as soon as possible. Such
| a course is of course expenaiye and unnatur-
al; but we are speaking only Of cases in
which it seems best to do the very utmost that
can be done to secure the greatest perfection
| possible, or the projections Of superior spec
linen of some particular breed. When high
| prices can be readily obtained as at present,
tor such superior cpecimens of a few fayorite
| breeds, the expensiveness Of the course sug-
| gested will be very certainly counter balanced
by an extra price, .'ea ~ Al'H Pc .'easss
After pains have been taken IN this waysto
produce superior specimen Of any particular
breed, judicious feeding. shelter ,aRdmodeFate
exercise, must do whatever else can be done
towards the full accomplishment Of the OBJ
ject.- Country GettIen1aa, January g.,
RATs.-A good plan for destroying rats Is
to cut old corks in slices as Thin as wafers,
and fry them in the frying-paRs after ithas
been used for frying any meat. After being
fried-not burnt--the pieces should be placed
accessible to the rats, aud they all will be des-
troyed, for they eat them yoraciously.
The EAGLE's Wines CLIPPED.- The poetry
is completely taken out Of the story Of the
Eagles feather with which Mr.. buchanan
was to write his inaugural, by the following
more correct account OF its history, given by
the Baltimore Patriot: aH9 Ut aAOaAtn
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