Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-17
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Feeding ana care OF STOCK I'm winter.

Feeding ana care Of stock In winter.
A dog, it is said. will starve in three weeks if fed
upon fine white bread only and yet the -four Of which
il e made contains all, or very nearly all the ele-
msnts required for his support in high condition.
A horse, an OK Or sheep would hardly survive
longer If the nutriye portion Of their food were
separated from the innutritive and administered in
concentrated form.
L is patent that one plan. agrees better with ona
species Of animal while others better suit other sre-
clees and that no two species are precisely alike In
their requirements of food
THESE and similar facts afford just ground for the
conclusion that much skill derived from careful
and long-continued observation of the effects of
FEEDING Is requisite the most profitable expendi-
sure OF he farm products for the purpose Of pro-
dueing animal growth.
A few things in relation to feeding are now met
~ well understood as that early-cut. weIl-cured
tender and nutritious hay is almost essential ts sue
cess with the winter dairy that later-cut hav more
woody and less nutritious, is more proftablY con-
sumed by horses, working oxen and the General stoc
of the farm than By mich cows or ve,.v Young
stock that oats are favorite food for the horse
wen adapted TO produce muscle q vigorous deTeI.
opnent Of limb, high spirits and noble bearing
InAt nolan corn possesses remarkable fattening pro-
Pe-res that any animals, in order to give the best
return for their food, should be kept comfortable
confented and satisfied with their lot
some people suppose that domestic animals do not
tnnk. The truth is they do think-some of them
they receive. 1t sometimes happens that horse Is
better entitled to the rank of thinking being than
his master. Animals capable Of being happy.
pleased with their condition and contented in IT, and
when 20, they thrive on less food than they would
grow lean upon when miserable and discoutantad
To treat them well is due to their sentieut nature
70 abuse them is 70 offend against some at least the
many qualities and capabilities which we ourselves
appreciation Of kindness
Among the things not so well understood one re-
lates to temperature The animal that il to nav in
growth for his food must be kept warm not in
crowded smoitering' condition, with bad air and |
otner olscomtorts. 5ut comfortably warm The nj
rogenous portion of the food goes mostly To forr,
muscle or lean flesh The carbonaeious portions %
IN part to keep respiration in the lungs whereby
Snimsl heat Is produced. But if the animal be ex-
posed 70 intense cold the carbon of the food il ali
consumed IN the lungs and its products are exhaed
anto the ar No animal tissue Is formed BY it. There
u no growth The only effect Of food so consumed /
= % keep the animal alive and 70 prevent his ereez
ing as dead animal in the same exposur-e yVonII
II would be possible In our severe climate To lre :
A OK so uneomfortably cold all winter thu n /
Lnougn ne should consume the food which 80
Keep Two such oxen growing the whole '';na ~ y
perfectly protected situation, be would - = i
pound heavier IN the spring than the MOI Oe one
ana the only return for his fooS 30 ~ a.
rise In market value which catf' W, uI De ~ IN, tne
over winter Now, if by ST. oh ,, - 49,
half es 1o+ob 80 o o ~ whole of his forage by
il and so in o+bor 81 sure he would lose half Of
a. ~ IA OieE p oportions and If NAV be laid
f.or1 -. an udoV 0ted law that every departure
.n;noIs :; .Is treatment which is due to domestic
will h. - matter of providing for their warmth
owneF WIN PfOpOr'lohate loss 10 the
-hother thing less understood and less attended |
TO- IL, that all animals require bulk as well as nutr
ment in their food. No definite rules can be laid
down, and if the farmer has the faculty of keen OBJ
serTation, he viii not need them A general rule will
Is ID HI if,nfa he /
and less nutritious food with the finer and more nu-
frltous, as corn meal or oil cake with straw or any
coarse hay fine hay of good quality with corn stalks
and so generally that each animal NAV receive hotJ,
the bulk and the nutrition which he needs wifi |
something Ike regularity, instead of living for |
time almost wholly fine nutritious food and then
rs exclusively on the coarse and comparatively in
nutritious. The finer and cUarSer need not he given
It each meal, but should be each day. A frequent
,hRnge Of food desirable but the changes should
De SO managed as to keep in operation the prncipe
u affecting the animal-bOth sufficient bulk of
ood 10 answer the demands of his digestive organ
auen and sufficient nutriment for the formation of
zone muscle and other tissues-or, in other words
o keep him constantly growing
Que attention TO the above general rule would |
nAOle the farmer to dispose of his second 3
ate and thIrd-rate forage without waste Every St
article Of Straw not wanted for making wranning =
aper or for necessary bedding could be dismissed ~
much better advantage than to turn it. as many a
2, on the held or suffer it to he trampled in the
i
on winter q three-year old steer on two tons 80
ns nay, worth say twenty dollars, and it is ten ~
he II ms growth viii pay you back much rnoro |
an half the money. Halt that hay and four hrSb- |
5 OF corn meal, with plenty of straw, mi and
canned and not worth penny less for your land | A
r having been eaten with the corn r1esl would VI
We brought him through in a better con5;+;oT |
Orth more IN the spring ard at q cost of twelve
stead OF twenty dollars very Considerable So
wards the probability Of pay for the fond and | =
mething left for profit
II 1t is true that good farming in ths groyv;ns of /
ops, pays better than poor. as almost ali o-e %
need, 1t IS still more evidently true that oooJ
IN the expenditure Of crops NAYS far Rat
than the random throwing Of them out: and VET
: latter course prevails 70 a vast extent Nv
nous feeding distribution of the farm pyod1c !
rs OF this county TO animals kindly protectAJ |
M tee cold and in such proportions mixtures I n
anges and adaptations to each kind Of stock as | \
nlo suggest themselves to thinking and care | y
~ obserTant farmer, tie annual results of ou- IL
lculture might be increased by a sum at least
war Af
N y the crops are in, the question how to sx-
10 tnem aovantsgeously comes up. Now Is the
q 10 answer It To prepare for winter in autumn |
It least as important as to prepare fs,. yror -
e Of peace. Let water be brought 70 the yar1 . =
Sib4e- The sheds should BE- extended. If MOI =
oy ample A disregard 10 the comfort of 4
snc animals Is as Improbable as it Is cruel 40
requisite preparation be made il time: the hes
q care and Judgment through the winf 4 t ecu
results Of the year, from the last plan, - AN: anu
ne next, Will most assuredly be the b. s sliie
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