Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-08
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.
From the Country Gentleman.
Feeding Faitening t3.lie.

From the Country Gentleman.
Feeding FaHening Ca..ie.
A writer in the Mqrl-Lqne ErPre's give;
some interesting experiments in iattening
cattle. These experiments are the result Of
information which cost a good deal Of time
and money to gain, and are much eondens-
ed, as follows:
=. From allowing 100 to $50 lbs. Of roots per
day to an ordinary sized animal, he reduced
thi- quantity to Ga KS given in three
meals. morning. noon and night. The tur-
nirs were Just sliced in the ordinary way,
and given raw, but fresh. About O'Clock
he gave a feed OF lbs. OF pure linceed cake
and - lbs. Of bran u each beast, and the
same between two an1 three in the afternoon /:
straw ad h5ittm was provided, and be offered
them water for a while, but finding they
did not care about it, it was Discontinued.
According as the animals improved another
pound Of oil cake was added per day, which
thew got until sold also gave a little salt.
In this way Ian ordinary fresh beast Is
made " Sat 10 from ten u twelve weeks.
for under seven shillinE- per week. In
this account the cl-t OF tie cake j. El2
10. Der ton. bran 40 per ton. turniq- Sd
yer cwt. and ajt.ad3ucc I'd. per week
the value Of tire manure o. pay for The straw
consumed. IN ti6- way upwards of loo
head ya-yinr from aa 10 20 stones. Of u
lh-l dead weight. were fed. " This, it is
.sii +. given e. g, prove the utter foolish
mess az fee lirr SD many turuir-. ar In every
,rs-sr mud only lbs. Of available dry food
tair- scarcely capable of producing lh of
meat. Farmers insist upon saving that an
animal will not feed unless il receives Il
,.,yt Of turnips per dav. these men waste
the most expensive food we have. and keep
the DOR animal in constant state Of diar-
rbma il certainly gets straw, but cannot
eat much. AZ the stomach is overloaded with
turnir-. This keeping the stomach 50
f1U /, also objected TO- as To- feed well it
should have periods Of rest
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ana "a'el, VINO" ''''l cilNS lga1li! Ii9
las had ~ helu On inls leeI a'lu' FIX
"eeA'' ana never ii'l ea'''e o'.i- o9''9I'
No" d niue CAi1u'"'''" ~Il quo" una, mn
us If very o"taF ""9 va i''-i"7'
oil cake may cost mere ""en "o"-'' ~ '''0
quantity, three cents pound OF - cents d
lay the bran i cent ana the roots j" q aay'
making 20 cents day OF SI'o- week
IN the caielial''h ine manure If eAi ec'e' u
Ply Tor me SRA" IN ordinary ie'lii'-. ny
-N TO eisAt quarts oi corn meal ana al . On,
nay the animal VIII ca, me nay us 81
10 10 ana corn at - a nu-hel IL VILE ''''
rom - 10 9i''' le' week in'i''
The above experiments are. u NV mind.
the more valuable as they spre4r I, ar-ee
with John .lohus1n's experience In feeding
Il il well known thar NJ johnson has been
very successful. although feeding much less
per dav than most farmers c1n>iiernccessarv.
iIe has stated that be seldom feeds cattle
over four or five quarts of corn OF uil-meal
q day-pre iers oIl-mesl mixed with corn
e \
leeds more straw than most farmers think
will answer.
...
NJ" tne lh'9' 'up'iyo'l p'iH' To- ""Ith .
l'1enuoh is asked Is "u'I I e'n7i'er over F
eelin-' ''g' ih Lh5i'llI anu Jul ,'i7 CONN.,
lhere' a SHOWN Dy tle "T'.er lh me- TX
pres mos FARMERS ''ilhh cattle VIII n''
ecu Wen unless tHey car Two 'i lhIee bush
rs Oh turnil's Gay ana mere most Lar H.
IT '"lrA ''"' c'1'le Du5' l1't ~
li''7 u 'oI" iIeii aiiI a'i ti' nay tHgy
y I'll tat , ~" "gl5'e s"'S 81 Ho' S''I'u5
'rieet .ln ruch H'5u I'eul"S ulefe is
io' 'H"' i'e''e'' S'e'''H anu '7''iii 'tl'n
nay "i'! 'e 7e''''4 ''''' S'-'''l'n'
hd III DC 'aIie'y anu 'e'' CD" ..i"-' III 80
ia"i rc'l7 'ue,e II IL" eAce97 OBJ ""-eIy de
'01 I',1 WINE J." 'celii3 heavily I'D
fa'h anu nay mere l7 an over supply Oh
, -, uiy !e'l' hu' WINE tHe uiiia'1rao'e
meets Oh e''1er course may NOT 'e 7ulnclent
pie'en' la'Lfniiis' IL seems lhat huch
- ~ el'-i'' I''lT oI gram "a" 1e ila1e u
"S"er very g""l purpose ana "nefe a
ue l'r'ioh "l ''1h foo'' ana OIL cake is
90, 'ne SAVING ana ~. ''ehelclai eHec's are
III more usclneu ne rY''S seem 10 pro
'.e d N3Ie lI i anu complete ui5es- I
'n % .ue '.Ie' igel' "Il-s OH CAKE aI- :
'ars % give o1lltr appetite Tor coarse /
80 IN - al -. '''' i.a "a
- - '''' '''''' '-'' c
ent kinds OF fodder, secures cheaper and {
Y feeding much more heavily of either /,