The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
Care OF Farm Stock,
From the American Stock Journal.


farmers capital, and all capital is, or
should be, invested with a view Of
profit.
If invest my capital in bonds or
mortgages, | expect those bonds or |
mortgages to be worth more at the end |
of the year than they were at the COM
mencement by at least six per cent, to |
me, at it is fair to presume that the Dor
rover has realized by the use Of this
capital in his business a much larger
percentage. Now, if invest this CAPT |
tai in live stock with which to work my |
farm, should realize as much profit as
the lender and borrower of capital both
added together. If fail to do this, my |
investment is not .judiciOus one, or my |
management of it has not been good. | |
might try to excuse my mismanagement |
by saving had "bad luck" is charged |
with great deal that it is not guilty of. |
" Bad management always tries to |
shift the responsibility of its own negli- |
gence on to shoulders of bad luck"
If my horses are killed by a stroke of
lightning. that is bad luck but if they
are lessened in value by being over
worked, underfed, not sheltered from
cold storms, hide-bound for the want of
curry comb and brush properly applied,
lame for the want of being properly
shod, have sore shoulders by the collar
being too large or too small, or not of
the right construction, an eye knocked
out by being struck over the head by a
club or the butt-end of a whip when
the owner or driver is in passion-all
this is bad management, and it is even
worse than that; it is cruelty. One
thousand dollars invested in farm stock
and treated thus may not be worth five
hundred dollars at the end of the year,
whereas, if properly treated, may have
earned from fifty to one hundred per
cent, to its owner during the year, be-
sides its keep, and still be worth the
original cost, or more by having i'm
proved in condition.
| cannot expect to thrive as a farmer,
unless give my personal attention to
my farm stock every day. | must get
up early in the morning, 60 to the
horse stable, see that my horses have
something to eat and that they have an
appetite to eat it, see that they are well
rubbed down and clean, and that they
have clean floor to stand or lie down
ter to drink as they want. | then 60 to
the COW stable, see that every COW is on
her feet, has an appetite, and something
to satisfy it, see that each animal is in
proper condition to be MIXED. | next
60 to the pig-pen, see that the trough Is
in good condition to receive their food,
that the food is properly prepared be-
fore giving it to them and that they all
come up to the trough with an appetite.
And last, though not least, | give my
attention to the poultry visit every
coop, see that the " cluck' is as comfor-
table as she can be under the crcum-
stances, and that her young brood are
all on their feet, see if any of the poul-
try are dropping, and if so, have such
removed at once and pat under treat
ment. There is but seldom any occasion
for this, as | believe IN ian ounce Of
prevention being worth more than a
pound of cure" | keep my poultry
house clean and we'll ventilated, remove
the droopings every few days, white
wash with lime the perches and all the
interior of the building, keep plenty of
clean water within reach and occasion
ally drop in little copperas of sulphur,
feed regularly and not much at a time.
Where poultry has good outdoor
range in field or woods, they require
very little grain but | think best to
give them light feed in the morning,
which brings them all under my view,
and another in the evening, which in
duces them all to come home.
In my morning round | talk to the
animals in each stable, pat and caress
some or all of them with my hand,
which familiarizes them to my presence
and assures them Of my care and pro-
lection it has a good influence, too, on
their thriftiness. | take notice how an
employe enters the stable, and how the
stock is affected by his presence. If they
shy off from him, indicating fear, per-
ceive that the relations between him
and them are not so harmonious as they
should be, and in as pleasant-a manner
as | am capable of reason with him on
the improperly Of his mode Of treating
stock, which is damaging to my inter
ests. This generally removes the trou
BILE, and if it does not, | embrace the
earliest opportunity of replacing him
with one of genial temperament.
These last remarks will apply with
force to the mixers. Each mixer
should have certain number of cows
to milk all the time, so that the COW
and the mixer become mutually at
tached TO each other.
take some pride in having my stock
to look we'll. and find it pays. When
ever |, have any to spare | can get the
highest price for it. My horses are al.
ways in condition to do a good days
work.
My COWS are in condition to make
the most milk or butter out of what
they consume; my pigs are always fit
for market, and the receipts from sales
of poultry and eggs is no small item in
footing up the profits of my farm at the
end of the year. claim that my sue
cess IN farming is achieved in quiet
measure by taking good care of my farm
stock. A. NJ.
CUPID TESTED BY MATHEMATIcs.-A
literary gentleman of Madame De Ian,
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