St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-24

hay, would keep stock growing all win
ter. Some people called potatoes wort
scarcely ninepence per bushel to feed t
stock. They are worth nearer Il dollar
Judiciously fed out with hay. Cattle
while out TO pasture, fed in the mornin
and near niaht They rested at noon
lie held to feeding twice only in winte
morning and night-not early nor late
He knew of only one way of teelin
straw, and that was TO feed 10 stock al
the may they would eat, then, if they will
let them eat straw. They liked som
coarse feed. They sought it in summer
to some extent, i'll the low lands. III
would retain the straw on the farm, an,
in some way turn it into manure.
Horace Paddock OF 81. JuIlnsbury
dl>sentcd from the position of Mr. Hove,
about feeding straw lie thought youn.
cattle fed upon straw and turnips in win
ter would thrive and grow Us well as up.
on a moderate feeding of hay alone. III,
had tried the experiment and found it tc
be 50.
The president said there were some
persons whose stock did well and grew
all the winter. Tncrc.wcrc others whose
stock ust lived through. He knew a
large farmer who used straw freely, and
his stock pro>pered the whole winter
but he used it nu,I,r his cattle instead of
| tecdli.g them with 1t. Ile-thc preSi-
dcnt-wantcd little else than good early
cut hay to winter cattle upon, and 10
make them thrive. Manure made from
hay was more valuable than that made
from straw. II tulllps are used they
should be fed i'll a uniform quantity all
thruu-h the winter. The injurious Ell
feet ut di>cuntIuung their Use before the
animals went To gra-S would be dccid-
clly marked in the appearance OF the
stock. lie would not feed mowiu. in
any c,cnI-wuuld RAISE green corn TO
le'1 o"' men INC P''S''Ii - 'e''''''e snort
Ills experience and observation taught
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from which lac lad made a ton Of buttcr
and used milk freely in his family He
aaye his cows in winter two quart, of
meal and two of shorts daily.
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II. emf Grain s,rIv and tborcf,r. ,bero
was NOR. n,uri.hmept in il than when
cat late. lie thought those who depre-
Gated the feeding of straw were the be-
hind hand sort of men-thcy failed to
harvest their grain seasonabIv and suit