Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-01-04

feed clover to horses, but now considered |
herds-grass far superior. He hardly tho't |
it would pay to feed roots, especially tur-
nips, when we take into consideration the |
amount of labor required to raise them,
and their lack of nutrition in the great per-
centage of water which they contain.
F.P. Cheney would not use what are
called ladder hay racks, because he tho't
more fodder was wasted by their use than
would be by spreading hay and straw broad
cast upon the ground would make racks
so that cattle and sheep could introduce
their heads. He was in favor of raising
roots, especially mangelwurzel, as there
was less labor in their cultivation than 9TH
er roots.
D. Baker said that farmers would find it
good economy to keep their stock in warm
stables with good arrangements for ventil-
lation, because animals require more food
to keep up their animal heat in cold than
in warm stable. He would feed well in
the first part of the cold season, and if it
was necessary to keep stock short at all
| would do it in the spring, for in the
first of the season all animals are put
ting on a coat of hair and fatty tissue to
keep them warm, and in the months of
March and April are beginning to throw
off whatever they have taken on for warmth.
Would not feed straw providing it can be
sold for SIX dollars a ton, as is practiced by
some farmers near paper mills, and would
take the same money and buy grain. He
thought that farmers should feed all the
grain their farms produced, and that the
same principle is involved in selling grain
that there is in selling hay; was in favor
of cutting hay and straw and mixing meal
with them, and would go still farther and
steam all fodder if we could afford the ar
rangement; that by pursuing this method
we might keep one third more stock. He
thought it an open question whether it was
nature for stock to eat salt, and instanced
in proof the natural condition of wild cat
tie and horses, the deer and the moose, and
still more particular instance Of the
young calf which we all know acquires the
habit tor salt as men and boys learn the
use of tobacco.
c. C. Hardy would not give too much
concentrated food, but would feed some
coarse fodder to distend the coats of the
stomach; had often thought of the salt
question and was somewhat undecided in
regard to its use.
\. W. Scott said, as general rule young
calves rejected salt, but thought he had
known one instance where it seemed to be
natural
VIM. Merriam thought that when grain
was high it did not pay to feed; was in IA
vor of feeding straw, and would give it to
stock at night; would have stock gain
little all the time rather than have them
gain fast for a time and then not at all.
Did not think it necessary to feed salt; had
kept a dairy of thirty cows through the
whole summer season without salt, and
never made more or better butter than in
that season.
II. Mcclellan was in favor of feeding
cattle three times day and water twice q
day, or what he considered better, would
have it arranged so that they might have
water as they wanted it; was in doubt
whether it paid to feed straw would feed
grain when low and sell when high. He
thought that from his experience cattle did
as well without salt as with said that he
, had some calves that were troubled with q
kind Of itch, and wished some member to
give him the cause and cure
d. Baker answered that it was called the
barn itch, and is caused by keeping them
in too warm stables without sufficient ven
3 tilIation, and is cured by moving them to
cooler and well ventilated stables Mr.
Baker in giving his experience in feeding
rutabagas considered that by giving them
to cows in the months of November and
! December, nearly double the amount OF
butter could be made, and will also keep
them in healthy condition, and when fed
to young stock will keep them growing
through the winter, which is just as essen
> tial for the profit of the farmer as it is tC
have them grow in summer; would feed
turnips directly after milking to prevent
them from favoring the butter.
5 VIM. Merriam would concur with Mr.
o Baker as to the cause and cure of barn itch
; The following resolution was presented
J. and unanimously adopted by the club a
r its last meeting
n Resolved that any written or printed
/, communication presenting the subject 70
e discussion, or containing any matter of val
81 lie or interest in regard TO agriculture o
. manufactures forwarded by mail or other
/ wise to this association, will receive the at
/ tentiOn and due consi deratiOn of the club