The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-02

COWS were the same during DOtn expert
ments; and il will be observed that the
same COW increased from year to year,
which shows what high feeding will do,
and also that soiling was conducive to the
health of the COW during seven years.
He fed in Summer green clover and vet
ches, and later seradella Ia green todder)
and in addition ol-cake and rye bran.
On the WHOLE this is a most encouraging
experiment to the dairyman, showing him
that he cannot pay too much attention to
feeding, and that an increase of food and
care will be constantly remunerated by
an increase in the yield of milk. Per.
haps the process Of digestion may ex-
plain one beneficial act Of soling.
1t is claimed that digestion never
proceeds rapidly, as long as the an
imal continues eating 1t is only when
the stomach is sufficiently filed that the
circulation becomes accelerated, the tenn
perature of the body more elevated, and
digestion proceeds with the greatest ac-
tivity," Rural Cyclopedia). If this
view be correct, then, it is easy to see
that cows searching over a scanty pas
ture all day, for food, would less perfect
ly digest it, than abundance of good food
in the STALL
HOW soILINu AFFECTS THE HEALTH.
Often the first question asked is, "But
are your animals healthy ~ The ques.
ton must be prompted by supposing that
strict confinement is necessary. Yet
soiling may be practiced with abundant
exercise to the animal.
And as animals are soied with the
same food, or nearly so, as they would
get in the pasture, why should it
be preiudicial to the health ?
Is it unhealthy for a COW to eat sweet
clover in the cool stall ? We have cows
that have been soiled fourteen years. We
have raised many colts in this way, Civ
ing them runway for exercise, and
they were always quite as healthy and
more thrifty than colts on pasture. Soil
ing furnishes an equal and plentiful diet,
pasturing an unequal and often very
scanty diet. We believe that no system
furnishes a greater assurance of health
and thrift than soiling
HOW soILING AFFECTS THE CONDITION.
In soiling, the feeder has the condition
of his animals entirely under his control,
because he may supply such quantity and
quality of food as he chooses. The ami
NAL requires less food, as it is supplied
without unnecessary exercise. Exercise
requires extra food to compensate for
waste of muscle The tue rule should
be let an animal, at certain hours in the
day, take such exercise as it chooses, to
promote health, not compel it to work
sixteen hours to gain living. We test
the comparative effect of soiling and pas.
turing on condition, by putting FIVE steers
and heifers into a good pasture, while
five of the same age and flesh were soiled,
and at the end of three months those
soiled were in very superior condi.
ton.
This system is well adapted to fatten-
ing animals, for the feeder may keep
them as quiet As he chooses. and can ac-
curately judge of the quantity required to
produce the best result. Selling also en-
ables the feeder to take advantage Of the
Summer season for fattening his animals.
1t takes one-fourth less food in Summer
than in Winter, to lay on the same
amount Of flesh. A small quantity Of
grain added to the green food of Summer,
J ,.r1I,,aa haitian ~ae,lt tba, IonhIo
the amount fed in cold weather. Selling
is peculiarly adapted to develop the full
milking qualities of the COW. She can
be fed to the full limit of profitable pro.
duction and when she develops the habit
of laying on flesh, instead of increasing
her milk, may be turned to the butcher
without loss.
This is, certainly, Il most important
consideration as dairymen often expe'
rience much loss in changing their COW.
when they become Improbable for milk
being in poor condition, it costs nearly
all they are worth to fattcn them.
SAVING IN FENCES.
The farmers Of all the early settle(
States and the prairies of the West, be
gin to feel the stringent pressure Of thu
fence question. Few have accuratel,
counted the cost, and fewer still hav,
discovered any satisfactory way Of avoid
ing this grievous burden, but all feel it
: weight
Let us examine its application to
farm of 300 acres. Suppose this farm t.
be 200 by 240 rods, and divided into ff
teen 20 acre lots. This would be tn
, most compact farm, and the least exten
r of fencing practicable with farm subjec
to a rotation of crops. Now if we credi
the adjoining owners with one.half of tn
t division fences, we shall still have 172
G rods Of fence to be built The averag
t cost Of good fence throughout the Who'll
n country is not less than $3.50 per roc
amounting for this farm to S2,5S0-th
d annual interest Of which is $4,000.
s the annual repairs are put at five pc
d cent. and the decay at five per cent
0 making 1888, which, added to the inter
It est, makes the yearly outlay for fences
y gfoO.OV. ulb idIHl NOulu pasture du
J. and winter fifty COWS and teams anC
: according to our experiments, one goo
man would soil fifty COWS and milk lin
h tied number and if we estimate his |;
n Dor at S35 per month the cost of soilin
will be but s2l0, or less than half tn
: yearly expense Of fencing. With tn
= soiling system, these fences, except divi
e ion, would be unnecessary. And VII
o would not appreciate the convenience
st going into and from his fields without Il
: obstruction Of fences? How pleasant
h would be to see the weeds, and stone, an
As rubbish of fence corners disappear. Ho
t, convenient to pillow our fields with no o
m struction. The fences on The 800 acr
he occupy about FIVE acres of gound, whit
l. which in good condition, would soil Fl
cows through the season.
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