The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-05
Fall Treatment or StOck-Discourage-
reufe


Dairying seems to be the mani:
now, though it has received some
what Of a check from the low prices
Wheat also has declined. Oats, bar
ley, potatoes and apples are not sell
ing at a great profit. Hay, however
to those who have it to sell, is doing
something-fOr some people viii per.
sist in selling their hay, which is al
right enough IL the land is kept up, a.
il may be, but as it Is not generally
those who sell hay are pretty sure u'
be among our worst farmers.
HAY being in the ascendenti theI'
are those who will scrimp their stoc6
80 as to sell their hay. II Is a tempta
ton. and many will succumb to it.
They will iniIire their land becaus'
the times extraordinarily are some
what out of Joint. Their dairy viii
he sire to lose what is made on th'
nav taking manure and all into con-
sideration. Better be pinched (iH
pocketl and keep the stock good. Dc
moi denend upOn straw unless it has
been well harvested and cut before
fDIIv ripe. then, cut and mixed Will
a little grain Of some kind, it will DC
yreII-f0r straw, it should be recollect
ed. is a substitute for hay, and may bt
made to answer all its purposes-Only
see that tits cut when somewhat green
vet. II then well cured and run
through the straw enter, ordinary hay
is not 50 good a. this, either for cattle
or horses. Green, early cut hay, Oi
course, is an exception. We need not
say to those who have such hay, keeI
il: they know its value. We know
such, and we know them all to be
good farmers, and all Of them have
milch ,-Dws 70 feed il 70 and some
Young stock. But it is not the rule to
have such hay. Therefore other feed
must be given in addition-we say
must-Or the stock will 90 rapidly
down, and il will be hard to recover
it. If people will persist in feeding
bad hay (matured and woody they
must expect to substitute the loss in
the hay by the grain-and this, as we
all know, doesn't pay. We can make
up for this loss to a greater extent by
good shelter. But do we do it2 VIII
the man house his stock who doesn't
provide food for them? It is lament
able how this thing is neglected. In
the cold rains which have just passed
some with snOw--the stock, even
the mich COWS, whole dairies, were
left out. This during the day and dur
ing the night, and there were the
stables waiting for them. This is
sheer carelessness, cTiminality. How
can we expect TO succeed in making
bntter and cheese if we prevent oul
stock from having them to make, i
we permit the rains and the SHOWS tC
wash them out? We think 1t will be
Of little consequence, and that we will
soon correct it. But our stock, espec.
tally our milch COWS, go into winter
quarters thin in flesh, and are pretty
sure to come out thinner in the spring
even if considerable grain is then fed
1t seems to do but little gOOd-anC
this is the case with respect to the
dairy,-the muscles, the strength anC
health of the animals must first be re-
cruited; then comes the milk.
We are so in the habit of the thing
Can't we break away from it? Be
cause we don't see the dollars anC
cents wash out by the rain-becausC
we don't see the very mOney-we le
the things 60, and hope for the best
at any rate.
But nature never lies; she give u:
poverty for neglect; she does this al
ways-she cannot do otherwise. We
must put into our cattle what we wisl
to get out of them, and we must moi
let the machine be abused. Else W.
shall continue to find fault with dairy
ing-and doing that, are we expected
to do better with wheat, hops, hay, Ol
any of the grains or other products
The good farmer is pretty certain tC
complain even in a good year.
1t requires each fall the calling of at
tentiOn to this common thing, 81
much suffering is permitted to stock
so extensive il is; we find it among
people that were are surprised to finC
it with. Il is habit, and they do not
know how much of harm their stocl
is receiving, to say nothing of the
thing on humanitarian principles.
The dog may be taken in by Betty
but the milch COWS must remain out
In the morning they are found on the
lee side of hedges and barns shiver
ing-all night they shiYered, and they
shivered off their flesh to a great de
gree and lessened their milk. ThC
lessening of flesh is not seen by the
cruel Owner-he did not mean to b,
cruel-but the lessening of milk is,
and in a large dairy this is cOnsidera'
BILE; it amounts to many pals day
and in a large dairy this during the
fall to a great many. Here is immed.
late loss, money taken out of the own
er's pocket; and remote loss in the
suffering flesh. Will a truly sane MAI
permit this ?-Prdirie Farmer.