The Republican journal., 1870-03-10
Farm, Garden, and Household
COOKING FOOD FOR STOCK.

I'm the November number of your paper notice
an article on feeding cattle; Which gives an eXperl-
lnen in England} i'll feeding cooked feed. and the
writer asks for more attention and reports on this
.nl,iert AS am farmer. and one that wishes 10
see the success of the two and onehilf millions o
american farmers proceed, and their occupation
raised to the true dignity, to which If naturally be-
longs. ~ by the sweat OF the brows" the conti-
p,t nj is to feed the world, and give life and business
to manufacture and commerce.
therefore, any experiment that would inform
the farmers of America how they could utilize the
entire uutritive element OF the feed to the STOCK
would be welcome to your readers, and trom my
observation and experience am sure haf by cook
fug grain and steaming cut teed from % 10 ~ per
cut more beet pork OF mix can ne Pr"n"ceo from
The same amount of feed.
| will refer TO the experience oi some farmers
from different parts of the country.
Thomas j Edge OF Chester Co.. Pa. III IN article
ublished in the Cincinnati Gazette stated that .
Iu of whole corn made A. 81 lbs. of pork, or nine
nJ rleyen-twenteth lbS of pork to the bu. OF corn
,yq bu Cless mill toll of corn. we'll boiled and fed
old made 3 - lb. of pork; or sixteen and four
+e4n-tNenieth lbs to the bu. Of corr, thus he gain
r, seven and threc-twentleth lbs. OF pork by COOK
ing each hu of corn. Il. a. Avery OF SyIa-
rise. y y in his second years experience in
naking feed for COWS. and he is even more enthu-
-3sc than in his first years experience (Which
Vas reported to Rural \. Yorker) shows that he
saved a clean profit of five hundred and thirty
"y,u and twentv-SiX one-hundredth dollars on
;1nr and one half months feeding go cows by cook
mg their feed. Dewey and StuWart ot OrVaSso
Mich SAY, they fed last winter, "a head OF cattle.
horses $40 sheep, on cooked feed, they cut nay
trayy,n1 corn stalk, and steam them. thcy>ay they
have saved onc-hrtl the expense in Wintcrlng this
tnni tbnv are gll healthy and thriving they conf
t4ntl[ recommend cooking feed. L. c. Eastman OF
:. = who mas a farm in Duchess Co., and cooks
tad savs there is no doubt as to the advantage OF
aii 'oJ toJ far cows that are milking and also fat
IN. an\ Kind Of stock
Wsas t,ttrn very quickly it and are healthy.
bis,,ls.iou at the State Fair of New ork in-
iSrl q 4 Moor. SAYS II was feeding sheep; be
f,r. .teaInino found by weighing that was put
t ,t, Two H. Of flesh per week; after steaming,
pnt On three pound, of flesh per week; and the
t,cl ME the food clean and noticed, they lay
i,vrn 1uirtly nflel feeding, also experimental
vim 81 cows l had Il quantity OF musty hay
t,-birh emf and steamed they would eat it entire
ly mn and seemed better satisfied with 1t than the
sv-retest unSteamed hay; steamed hay does not
,n.tiuote the animal, the hair looks better.
mink rnttiug and steaming combined insures again
a. The feeder of at least 80 per cent; after cows
.,n,e ia cooking feed increases the milk onethird
MI I'M .,,,vs 40 better when first out 10 grass. 4
% f,,Doar ev-presidrnt of the New York A gri
,,nltsr,l Soriety said. by cooking and >teamins
}r1t,1 s,rap; thirty head of stock NAV be ken
oked food" Mason. of New jersey. found thai
,,ork fed with raw grain cost twelve and one-ha
tnnts per h. and norlI from food cooked, bnt l.
.ants per ib. II SAYS. cooked corn stalks are is
- ma almost As mini itolls rs green stalks. S
n f,ia, of Eentucky saws lie fed two hogs up
,I nncooked corn and two on cooked corn, then
h. ,.arsed tbr experiment." In this experiment
,,nne ltIshe of corn fed i'll state, makes . :}1
H,. of nork: while one bu. of corn cooked produc-
81 II - no,Inds of pork
lanes buckingham. of Illinois. says, ''lrom my
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