Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-01-05

the grain | raised, at all events
Grass is our main crop, but we raise
some grain while preparing our ground
for grass, and / would feed it to stock
rather than sell it.
Il. Scott would raise no grain,
but seed the land to grass and raise
that instead.
G.. F. Sprague-Which will pay the
best to buy hay at $40 per ton or corn
at 81 so per bushel to feed?
4. Dauison-I was one year short
of hay. l bought corn and fed my
cows two quarts each per day of corn
meal, and withheld their noon feed of
hay, thus saving about nine pounds of
hay per cow each day, as | estimated.
and | think the COWS done quite as
well as usual. At the prices mention
ed this would be about an even thing.
G. f. Sprague-I water my cattle
but once day, as they have to go
some distance to water | think they
do as well as to attempt to water
twice. If | had water in the yard
presume | should water twice day.
| feed my cattle all they will eat of
good hay. Don't believe in straw to
feed. GOOD hay is none too good
1t is a perfect waste of time and fod
der to have cattle at stand still du-
ring the winter. They should be gain
ing all the time. | want a warm sta
BILE. Never saw one too warm. The
question has been asked if cattle that
had been grained during the winter
would do as well the succeeding sum-
mer. | have fed meal to two pairs of
oxen that | afterwards summered, and
never had cattle do better. | don't
raise much grain, but if | have grain
| feed it.
L. GLidden-Some years ago was
short of hay and fed my cows little
meal, corn and oats ground together,
and did not feed them as much hay as
usual. They produced more the fol-
lowing season than usual. 1t is i'm
portant that cattle should have good
care to do well. | have never had a
warm stable, still | believe cattle wo'd
do better In a warm than a cold one.
| feed three times day regularly and
always in the barn. | am feeding
some roots to calves. Don't think it
pays to feed straw unless it is very
nice.
James AlIen--I think it pays to feed
good oat straw, especially if threshed
by hand. | have fed it to cattle eve
ny year since | farmed and, usually
my cattle do well on it. The grain
should be cut when about half turned.
| don't think it will hurt cattle to feed
some grain if fed in proper quantity
and regularly.
4. 4. Rundail-I am feeding straw
to part of my cattle now, and they are
gaining on it. While feeding straw |
would feed no hay. | take as much
pains to get my straw in coed condi-
ton to feed as l do my hay. once
wintered a lot of young cattle on straw
and got $500 for the straw fed them
If we have the right kind Of cattle il
pays to feed on straw.
q. J. Hastings-I would fe {
straw simply as an extra feed OF
change. Am feeding my cows now
straw at noon. | feed twice in the
morning and twice at night with hay
| have fed cattle on straw alone near
ly all winter, and by turning them in
to a good Eden pasture they would
get over it before fall, but they look
ed rather bad while feeding the straw
| don't think grain hurts cattle, or will
prevent them doing well on grass al
forwards, but | never could see as
saved much hay by feeding grain
Don't think should buy corn at $3.50
when | could get good hay at $28 pc
ton, not for the economy of the thing
g. f. Sprague-l believe cattl
will do as well fed three times a da
as when fed five or six times.
Geo. NeIson-I don't call straw a
extra feed for my cattle. A few year
ago l got short of hay, and fed m
cattle considerable straw, and | sal
then | never would feed so muc
! again. Ny cows never done so poo
ly as they did that season. | kee
my cattle warm, turn them out twiC
a day to water, which is in the var
and card them all at least once da
j., | think cattle will sometimes eat MOI
than will do them good. | calculat
to have mine eat their hay up clean
". j. Hastings summer wht
cattle are out at pasture, they eat a
r they want, why should they not
l winter?
IL NJ. Root believe that it W
: pay to feed good straw-wheat
= well as oat straw.
IL G. F. Spague-Cattle should
y fed enough and food good enough
III make them gain all the time-to viii
'0 reporter says amen.
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