Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-25
r I've Dollars In Advance.
Why Use Cut Feed

ophy of cutting hay. lie can understand
that it is useful to cut corn stalks and coarse
fodder, because cattle will cat it better
But when the cattle will eat good English
hay perfectly clean, why should it be passed
through the hay cutter? ~ ~-.rr
Our friend evidently supposes that the
stomach does its work upon everything that
passes into it, with equal facility, and with
ont any tax upon the rest of the system
This is 1nanifestly an error. All food has
to be ground up before it can be assimilated
and pass into the circulation of the ANIMAL
If food is not artifcially prepared by cutting
grinding or steaming, the animal has to
prepare it himself SO far as he is able. Ger
tain kinds Of food viii pass through the sys-
tenn, imparting to it only part of their nu
triment because the teeth of the animal have
not perfectly masticated it, Whole kernels
Of corn or Of oats are often seen in the faces
Of an old horse.
The moro perfectly food can be prepared,
the more completely will the system appro-
pirate its nutriment. IF the whole labor OF
grinding up the food is thrown upon the AM
NAL, it is serious tax upon the vital energy
which every good farmer wants for other
purposes III the case Of the horse and OK,
you want the strength applied to locomotion
and draught. ..s....
Whatever strength is applied to grinding
food, is so much taken away from their ca
pacity for labor IF three or four hours.oi
strong muscular labor are spent in working
up hay OF straw into pulp, there is great
loss Of strength and of time. .f,..-.
In the case of fattening animals, you want
| the alinent to go to the formation of fat flesh
This process goes On successfully, just as
the animal is kept quiet and comfortable
No useless labor should be expended in thc
grinding up Of food. The straw cutter.
working up the hay into fragments Of hal;
an inch in length or less, performs good
part Of the working Of the Jaws, and makes
the feeding of the animal still light mat
ter. If the hay could be ground up into =
fine meal it would be still better; as it would
make the work of the animal still lighter,
and would more completely yield up its nu-
triment. IF it could be steamed it would be
best of all, as it would then be wholly appro
priated. ...o.
We have no doubt that it pays quite as
we'll to pass hay through the machine, as
the coarsest fodder A root cutter is also
an Indispensable adjunct to the barn, ana
the more perfectly it communicates the roots
| the better.
The farmer who has ever experimental
with these machines, and marked the results
of feeding with hay and roots prepared il
this way, can have no doubt of their utility
Laziness, we apprehend, has quite as much
to do with these machines as ignorance. 1t
is work to turn the crank to cut up hay
enough to feed twenty head of cattle; and
jim prospect Of spending tie elbow grease
it is very convenient to believe that it will
not pay. Sloth, however, is poor counsel
lor in this case, as in all others We should
as soon think of feeding them with uncut
straw. A warm stable and strawcutter
are both good investments. -Goa0ards Reg
lister
CURE FOR BORIS IN HORSES Take a ia
bic spoonful little heaped--of alum. and
the same quantity of copperas, pulverizc
them fine and put them into pint Of vine
gar. Pour it down the horses throat 1t
will generally afford relief in FIVE OF ten
minutes. In 1918, had horse very bad
ly afflicted for three days with bosts-lying
down, rolling refusing to cat, biting his
sides, and giving all similar proofs Of bots.
tried turpentine, beef brine, sweetened
warmed milk, and many other prescriptions
Of neighhors, for three days, to no purpose.
At length an Englishman coming along
gave me the above prescription, saying he
had seen it used in England with perfect
success. In ten minutes after the dose was
administered, the horse got up and was well
showing no symptoms Of bots. have used
the same medicine ever since for myself and
neighbors- probably fifty cases in an-and
it has always afforded as quick relief. A
traveller once had his horse fall in snow,
near my house, and refused to get up-evi-
IDENTIFY afflicted with bots. In about five
minutes after administering the above medi-
cine, he got up on his own accord, appeared
to be perfectly well, and cheerfully pursued
his journey. It is said that one drop ofthis
mixture placed upon bot will kill it at once.
Cor. Genesee Farmer.
Coon ADVICE TO FAnMER.-.s Manv
years ago." said Quaker friend, who told
us the following anecdote: s:nTany years
ago, q brother Of the celebrated Benjamin
West, who had been cooper in this city,
a man of sterling sense and integrity, pur-
chased farm some miles OFT Of the city,
which had been suffered to be overrun with
, briers and bushes. He was, for short
time, considered BY his neighbor farmers
as very far from being as wise as Solomon,
or even themselves; but, in few years,
his was the best and most productive farm