Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-11-22
Irasburgh Farmers Club.
Is 1t Profitable to Cook Food for Fat
ting Stock Z

has been quite limited. have fatten-
ed only cows and hogs. Last fall l
had a COW that [ had MIXED through
the summer-she was old and quite
poor-I commenced feeding soft corn,
but she did not gain much, then | put
her in the barn and fed her each day
three pecks of potatoes cooked by
steaming-two quarts of water will
steam a large kettle full if covered
tightly, and they cook quick. The
cow fattened very fast, and in Febru-
airy | sold her for $52; she dressed
624 lbs. This year in fattening my
pigs | pour boiling water upon the
meal and stir it, then cool the mess
with skinned milk; my pigs are do
ing remarkably well.
Geo. B. Brewster-I have no doubt
that cooking food for hogs and fatting
cattle would be very profitable and
also for our common stock. Now
Our cows cost US about $50 each to
winter them. With large stock Of
cattle it would pay well for one mans
entire time spent in careing for the
stock and preparing the feed if half
ton OF ray could be saved from each
COW. Some men think they spend
most Of their time in winter with their
stock, but they do not make it as
hard work as they should. | believe
that roots fed in "a cold stable liz freez
ing weather do cattle but very little
good, but with warm stables and warn
food the gain must be greater.
SIN. l.. Locke see by the pa
pers that it is becoming more tn,
custom among wealthy farmers t.
. have large warm barns and an engine
J for cutting and steaming, not onl,
5 roots, but hay, straw and corn stalk
Z and their experience shows a grea
+ gain, it taking less food to keep til
animals thriving.
n. H. Stiles-It is very natural 70
ANIMALS to take their food in a ray
state, even in fattening hogs there i
but little gain in cooking; meal wi
swell and last longer, but is there nc
loss in boiling potatoes some 0
the starch goes into the water
f which they are boiled. Mr.. Lock
le cooks his meal by scaIdiug, does
N make it any more paIatabIc? | thin
If to cook meal it should be boiled.
)t intend to feed my pigs the meal as
comes from the mill and we can ST
IN whose pigs thrive best.
10 E. P. Church. formerly had {
d. perience in boiling potatoes tor hog
I'd we had what we called ''potatoe hogs
A. but now | have abandoned that sty
and feed my hogs upon meal witho
cooking, and | am satisfied that II
: pork comes as cheap as formerly
- Ny store hOgS fed a small amount {
- dry meal grow through the winte
some people are satisfied that it is
good plan to feed the milk and SC;
T. ter the dry meal upon it in the troug
L. Z. Jameson-C Cooking food seer
to be very reasonable way to pl
pare it. Naturally animals have st
and tender food and a large propC
ton OF water, as we see III the ora
of the pasture, but in winter catt
and their food are in all artificial &C
dtiOn. if it was not for mans care
the cattle Of the State would peri
in a single winter; but with the pl
'l' lection furnished by man they live
~ and it seems to be following the pla
est common sense to make their al
fetal food as much like the natural
possible, soft, tender and juicy. T
can be done by boiling and steamil
we can Judge of the wants Of anim
by the requirements of our own
lures; we find nearly all food mC
nutritious when cooked, and certain
more palatable,
E. P. Church-The secretary see
to Judge of animals wants by our o
neceSs tiles, but that seems an err
man needs clothing, animals do Il
man eats cooked food, animals nat
." ally eat it in a raw state, and
most appropriate food for them is
we store it. Hay is not artificial
cattle live upon the matured gras
in the fields or pastures in win
in some sections of the country.
provide stables to protect them fl
storms, and save the grasses in tt
most nutrici0us state, cooking SET
unnecessary.
Geo. B Brewster believe in
benefit 0! cooked food for cattle
though we are net prepared to p
tice it. We need warmer barns
rell stables so that cattle in the COLI
lare weather shall be comfortable; t
ling with greater variety Of food
but prepared better we shall get n
any profit every way. We can only il
of animal wants by our own. L