Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-23
AGRICULTURAL

a'MAS MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG STocK.-As
this is the season of the year when the
worst kind Of management commences,
1t may Be the means of saving much loss
iihha III growth, and perhaps, in some in
stances, Joss. of life, to alIude to the great
evil Of allowing calves, lambs or colts to
Sink In condition against winter. Octo-
iber nights become very cool, and as the
grass Is not sufficient for any young an
finals, they should be separated from all
older stock, and put IN and fed night and
MORNING, remaining in shelter all night;
aof, If there were small Enclosures, with
seof6fortable B6vels in them,s they would
do Best, tip to Christmas, to be fed in
them, and have liberty to 60 in and
out at pleasure. If these places? could
be 5sbuilta3 ON the side of Cd hill or
st The foot of il, facing the south, so that
che sheltori for the calves would be cut
iutosthe bank, and the barn for their hay
:beabose, ,ithey'would do we'll; and with
egsliarA for roots, they could not beob
ssfasituated. providing annore roots from
hsaps welfsecured in the field are fetch
eds into the eellar as fast as the calves
eatsthem Colts otwould thrive ,betters
similafiyo treated, by. having carrots in
their cellarg for though swedes are de-
cidedlylthe best roots for calves, carrots
are the right sort for colts. Where no
roots are grown pumpkins for.the calves,
and branl mixed swith oats, for colts,
wiIl1be good ogivepin addition to good,
sweet hay. sHIyis :sssqsgs tns s5ss11s II
oGWhoever raises stock ought to have
eSnvenienees for 1t, and should under
stand the importance Of giving them
sdftsbls food at every time ~henit viii
c8nddce 70 their prosperity. No check
odone Continued thrift should be per-
mittsd, and If every animal on the farm
exeeptO breeding females. could be Kept
fac from its infancy, it would double the
pf6ft!.s When any poor little creature
stands about with its back rounded,
hooking an object Of pity, it cannot be
growing or paying for the miserable at
fehtion il receives, but when lis known
that the young stock on a farm is not
brought into any sheltered quarters, or
has not any comfortablelshed to go to
tilbit has begun toilose flesh. and the
owner is afraid he will lose a part of the
animals ifnotsfed and housed, then such
simafaought to be deprived of theipow-
er to do such evil, for this rs the worst
Eind1of cruelty, ten times more lbarbar-
ous than the cases usually prosecuted
bystheisociety in New York. iaiae.ls asiH
h1eolts are managed in the most sense
less way, and Brought out in spring in
most wretchsd plight. saw some colts
atafgsntleman's place near New Lon
dom Conn., IN the spring Of 1867, which
had been treated in such a way that
they could barely wslk-moving faster
was.o1t iof The question y Colts, IF per-
fectiy attended to, will gambo: and race
around at very Slight Excitement; but
they ysare generally ruined by unnatural
confinement and food which is contrary
to,natureiforIthem to have.a Let them
have the range of the field every day.
thesvsuni Shines 1t is aliobosh about
confnniihg them in buildings all the time.
The grass they will pick, by scraping
tie SNOW awayby paving. will do them
Ilofsigood than any coddling. and they
viii come into their shelter and eat
double the oats, bran and hay that they.
would without the sun and fresh air; and
should they getfenough grass to take
them Of their hay somewhat, they will
be none thsA Worse if they, get plenty of
the best? grain. IF there isno chance
of giving colts the benefit of a, rim on
pasture, carrots will be a asubstitnte for
the grass, and they must have air and
sunshine.s 1.-The last mentioned is really
of the7most essential Importance a'b5'l q
Lambs will be quite as heavy at one
wear old, with as many turnips as they
can can eat from the first of September till
New Year day, and a full supply of
swedes the first three months of the new
Year, as they would be under the very
best common attention, without roots, on
the first Of April, twelve months after,
viz: when they were tive years old; and
at one year old, after the seven months
living on roots, with hay, &c, they
would cut fleece heavier than the two
clips ofwool without roots fioee8
There is the same gain in other stock
az there is in lambs, by giving them such
Kind of sufficient food as will force them
along; but in valuable breeds of any kind
the advantage does not rest atthe saving
ofia years feeding, for the frame being
all the while made upowith firm flesh.