White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-11-10
for tbe farmer.


Good care and feed make good stock Il
mos: every breed Of cattle will thrive well on
good keeping. We do not mean TO say there
is nothing in breed-too much can tcmceiy be
said in favor of good breeds; but we are con
fieni that as much depends upon keeping al
breed. B eeders say much of the infericsisy Of
scrub stock we'll they may. for its b.swny
bones, thick skin. ill., shapen form and inferior
size, long hair. growing every way at random
utter a condemnation against il. But how
came it % inferior Look ont and see the
cattle on the prairies n mid winter. working
their passage through the dreary months. ex
posed to rain, snov. wind and nights chilling
cold, ha!f-starved, weather worn and storm
beaten. How can they grow? As well exprc:
corn to grow in snow storm a. cattle. As
we'll expect the trees to put out their foliage
and the plants their blosso ms and look besuti-
full amid frost and sleet. a. to expect cattle TO
thrive and become beautiful Of their kind un-
der like circumstances. Stock must have .
thrive. IL is Law of the animal economy
that Il must have comfort to become perfect.
The great command to the farmer lie, to make
your stock C mfortable Let the farmer Try It
himself-go ont and ehiver with his cattle,
breatt the storms, lie down at night with an
empty stomach, gil IL In the morning with
bleached and rotten grass, work hard all day
to get quarter of the nutriment needed, and
20 live through the winter. The argument
would be a good one for taking care Of his
stock. With barns, stables or thedS, stock
should be sheltered. Nov Is the time to make
comfortable places for the stock. Hogs, horses,
cattle, sheep and poultry, all need places Of
comfort-it is cruel not to supply them, it is
expensive not to supply them. TIE winter is
lost when the stock does not improve. 1t re-
quires less feed to keep stock when we'll shell
tered and made dry, warm and comfortable.
Better keep less stock and keep it wcll-it is
far more profitable.
When stock is well sheltered it should be
well fed. Say so simple q thing to practical
farmer. Yet, simple as it is, hundreds of
farmers crowd their stock through the winter
on as little feed as possible. They eeem to
think that If they can get them through alive
It will do. We are satisfied that stock should
have all they will eat Of nutritious food. Feed
horse all he will eat to day, and be will want
less to morrow. The feed Of to-day will last
over in part. A fat animal eats less food than
poor one fat animal masticates his food
better than lean, hungry one. A fat animal
Is more comfortable and satisfied than leah
one, 90 that its food does it more good. A fat
animal is warmer than poor one, and gener-
ally more healthy. A fat animal can bear the
changes OF weather better and etand the cold
with more fortitude. In every light in which
the subject can be viewed. it Is better to have
stock well kept They want to be fed With
regularity as to time and quantity. fed on good
football they viii cat-in comfortable places.
November should find everything in readiness
for winter care of stock Good stock is of the
first importance to the farmer and country. Il
cannot be had without good care and good feed.
Rural World.