The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-12-06

e It ia sourcss Of profound .stonisl
ment that there should be, in these
days Of Intelligence, such fallaciou!
reasoning concerning the value Of root!
carrots, beets and turnips-for do
meatio animals. We have ftequentl.
met with newspaper articles, during tn
year past, in which tho writer's warned
people mot to feed carrots aud turnip.
to their young animals during fodder
ioe,ee.oe = wiz illu.'iidu' folly
1t could u just d proper TO withhold
ripe end delicious fruit from our child.
ron, or to reject me.ly Irish potatoes,
or luscious sweet potatoes, from our ia
bles. We have read well-written ar.
tieles against feeding roots to COWS, bull
looks, and workho.es and all the OBJ
jeotiohs and arguments employed by
the writer's could Be summed up in one
short sentence, thus "As roots are 80
much colder than the stomachs of AMI
mails, when employed as food, they in.
jure the powers of digestion p
Was there ever a more ridiculous
and palpable absurdity pro mulgated
through tho columns Of an agricultural
press than this! Editors ought to
Know better than to admit such super.
lative nonsense into their periodicals, as
tho inevitable tendency Of such reading
is to mislead hundreds Of inexperienced
young men Of good judgment, who are
confidently seeking reliable information
on all topics intimatelycsnnec;ed with
their avocation. Relying on what they
suppose to be teaching worthy Of adop-
ton, as it appears in print, they often
resign their better judgment, and cu-
ace what is really erroneous.
Talk about injury to the stomach Of
COW, or horse, from the cold in few
uruips! We might With far more
propriety recommend, that every ami
NAL should be supplied with tspid wa
ter, lest its powers Of digestion be i'm
paired Ly cold drink.
We listeped to q discussion, q few
days since by : company Of well.educ,.
ted men, some Of whom attach the hon.
orable titles Of A. B. and NJ. D. to
their names, who affirmed that "carrots
and other roots should be fed to horses
With caution, as they contain great
medical properties ~ The, thought
it would not be safe to feed more than
one or two carrots at once to horse or
COW!
Our experience in raising and feed.
ing carrots and turnips for more than
thirty years warrants US in saying that
We have never known any animal to be
injured in the least by eating any kind
Of roots. -Ourpractiee has always been
to feed mich cows halt bushel daily,
so long as We had them in sufficient
abundance; and every horse and
colt received not less than half a peck
at a feeding. If they could have half
. bushel at once, that quantity will not
injure them any more than feeding
ofoats, when fed regularly every day.
We have in mind farmer who fat
tened a dry COW on raw potatoes, feed.
ing her half y. bushol at once three
times dav, besides all the grass she
would eat. When roots Of any kind
are fed to animals, it would not be we'll |
to give half a bushel at one feeding, |
until the stomach has become accus-
toned to that kind of teed. Colts, !
calves, sheep aud animals of all kinds |
should have at least one feeding of
roots every day or every other day, so
long as they are required to subsist on
dry feed. After their bowels have be- |
come accustomed to such feed, no ap-
prehension need be entertained of feed
ing too large quantity at onee.-M T.
Independent.