The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-11
Business Suits
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FARM AND GARDEN.

THE is no part of the
farm stock more liable to be neglected
In the fall than the calves which have
been raised during the summer. They
are often left out late in the season,
without shelter, to pick at the frozen
grass, and by the time cold weather
sets In, are reduced in flesh and cannot
be wintered without extra nursing, and
even then one or more are often lost
before the time for turning to grass.
Calves should enter upon cold wealth
er in good condition and with vigorous
health. Shelter and an abundance of
nutritious food should be provided so
soon as grass becomes frost-bitten and
poor, and cold storms of sleet and rain
begin to be frequent. They demand
the finest and best hay grown on the
farm, and should have In addition a
little oil meal bran or oats. Roots
will be found an excellent food for
calves during the winter, in addition to
the oil meal or bran above mentioned.
Some prefer oats, say a pint or a little
more per day to each animal. Wehave
seen calves wintered through in fine
condition upon hay and oats as above,
but we prefer a mixture of oil meal
and bran, and If it can be had, daily
feed Ofturnips or carrots. Calves that are
we'll cared for, that have warm shelter
and get a suficiency of nutritious food,
not over fed continue their growth dur
Ing the winter will usually come in milk
when two years old, which Is a matter
of considerable importance to the dali
rYmaD. In our experienc e in raising
stock we find by, far the most import
ant period to give close attention TO the
animal is during its first year. Neglect
during that time is almost always at
tended with loss. a poor runty calf,
poorly wintefed can not be expected to
be in milk the next year, and at three
old ia mn lnatfaV- fNr Tho FNafl the N
the two years old that has had generous
treatment and care from its birth-yet
the former has cost considerable more
than the latter. Many farmers make
no estimate of the cost of raising stock
and hence do not properly appreciate
the difference between heifers coming
in milk when two and three years old.
Every animal raised on the farm should
be charged with every item of lis ex-
pense until it begins to pay the farmer
back either in milk or beef. By keep
ing a strict account with stock we are
is gain or loss in the business OF stock
raising. II such accounts were more
generally kept, we apprehend more at
tention would be given to calves in
pushing them forward so that a full
and early development of the animal
calves in stanchions, preferrIng 10 let
them run loose in the stable. We have
never seen any i'll effect from stanch-
Ioning calves, but on the contrary,
believe there are many advantages
from this mode of management. - -
Less room is occupied when they are
thus confined, and they with their sta
Die are kept cleaner than when allowed
10 run loose. They are more easily fed,
especially when any extra food is Civ
en-, and each one gets its share and is
not driven aboutby mastef-or stronger
animals. By giving them run In the
yard every, day they get sufficient exer-
else, while the early breaking TO the
stanchion and the handling daily rem
ders them moresdocile aud more easily
managed as they grow older and come
in miIk - - Z.