Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-06
Winter Care OF Colts, Calves and
Lambs.

A correspondent of the Country Gea-
Hc,naa makes the following timely sug-
gestions:
"This being the season when young
animals are injured by neglect so that no
after-care can remove the effect, 1t may
not be amiss 10 say little on weaving and
The treatment of the weanlings. As lambs
have long been separated from the ewes,
and calves ought to have been born early
enough TO have forgotten milk, will com
mcnce with colts, more especially as they
very particularly receive ill-Teatment on
the approach of winter
every colt should be brought TO eat
oats and bran before II Is weaned, so that
when the mare is taken from it the food
will not be new, and by iudicious choice
of other food there need be no loss OF con-
dition whatever II is altogether wrong
to shut the colts up in the day time; they
should run out all day when the weather
is mild, and he fed out of doors, for every
one who has been successful stock-raiser
is aware how much better food Is relished
in the open air The hay, the oats and
bran. and the carrots, should be given IN
such quantities as will be eaten at once,
which can be soon found out, and IT while
ascertaining the greatest amount which
can be given to be cleared mp, any be left,
il should be Immediately removed ana
less quantity fed next time.
"When the weather becomes too Sc
we're 10 feed outside with the carrots on
account of frost, it viii be well still 10
give hay, unless stOrming, and then even
il can be done if there is spacious open
shedding, and the colts viii always have
an appetite by being treated in this nat
ural manner. for il is entirely unnatural
for them to be shut up all the time. No
change of food is requisite if the bran Is
sweet and unadulterated, andas 10 quaint
tv there is no Limit so that they eat II up
clean from the rack and manager, Tor OF
course the more the colts eat the faster
they grow, the fatter they are, and the
better they pay for the food; il would be
about as wise to expect an old woman to
knit a pair of stockings after robbng her
of half her worstcd, as 10 expect colts to
come out fat in spring on short allowance
of food.
"When carrots are not grown, the best
substitute is boiled flax seed, and this Is
one of the best descriptions that can he
given. Flax seed, boiled in water, sutii-
cient 10 make a Jelly, is a wonderfully
good nourishing food, and it appears
extraordinary that it is not used much
more extensively in this country, because
the climate is adapted for the growth of
flax. and for cattle feeding long ON dry
food il is a fine equivalent for young
Grass and very healthy in its effect.
sLet those who please, cook old dead
stems going by the name Of hay, mouldy
coarse corn stalks, etc, cut into chatf
but without any wetting mix this iiaN-see'
iellv with hay cut into chatt, and ii tn
bav was made from grass IN blossom IN
stead of in seed, no stock OF any age ou
will thrive 10 a degree far beyond wha
thew would with any food without the al
of this Jelly. .-.--;,o no,
should feed colts with oats twice PEI
dav drv-say Just before eating the nay
seed and chaff-because if oats are cate
with any moist mixture they are not gro9n
nm by the teeth. and this is an obJecuo
90 ali sloppy food; for in addition 10 II