Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-06-19
Feeding Animals.

them. They would have larger and bette
ones at less cost If they should begin som,
months sooner. One Of the most successful
pork rasers in the country informed us tba
his rule was to commence fattening his swim,
as soon rs they are weaned that is, he CAV,
them constant, uniform and regular supply
of good food, without any cessation, as long
as they lived. They kept on growing stead.
lily, we're always in good order and no extra
supply was required to restore lost flesh. Ii
is we'll therefore, for those who have not
commenced sooner, to begin at once with the
fatt, mig process. The farmer we have just
quoted thinks that bushel of corn given in
the spring will ultimately produce more pork
than a bushel fed later in the season.
1t is not merely the market value of the
flesh Of animals that should be taken into ac-
count 10 estimating the comparative profits OF
feeding Its manufacture holds an impor-
tant place in an economical system Of farm
management. 1t may indeed be easier, in
disposiog of grain to sell it to the buyer at
the market price. But by the more approx
ed mode Of converting it into flesh, we re.
ceive our pay for it in two different ways
the manure which is made, for enriching the
land, and the cash received for the meat.
Take corn and pork as an example. Under
good management, four pounds Of meal will
make one pound Of pork. This has often
been DONE If the meal should be worth one
dollar per hundred pounds, the pork would
cost four cents per pound. But il is estima-
ted that the manure from 100 pounds oil
meal fed to swine, is worth 40 cents for farm
use. This would reduce the actual cost Of
the pork to less than three cents. To this
the expense of attendance should be added
which would be small with well contrived ar.
rangements.
1t must not be forgotten, however, that
these results are obtained only under tn,
best management. They will constantly vary
more or less with circumstances. Some ami
mails will make less flesh TO given amount
of food and consequently more manure; bu
the best animals, which manufacture tn,
greatest proportion of the food into the NOR
valuable flesh, will afford the highest profit.
The question is often asked, +" How can w
get the highest price for our gram 2" The
answer, as general rule, should be, CONVEX
it into flesh and manure The easiest mode
and at the same time most wasteful one Of dis
posing of grain, and more especially tn,
cheaper sorts. as corn and barley, is to sell i
from the granary. There may be rare in
stances when grain is so high in price, and
meat so low, that the sale of the crude grair
may bring the most money but it may be
at the sacrifice Of the fertile condition Of the
land
".'s 70 oue ieesou WY ,lanu'aOsu'. "e
nvsu Is '''e no,, p'ou'ep'e' "u'ou We u"'o ~" ~,
s'uueu =" i",s % 'no lIo' 'na' "no,o on.
iequfeu ioi 'n's niauu'ao'u'e Ianu
o"nei may is'se oo'n ~ oos' Vi '"e'cy
oen's per pusuel , ou' py 're sc'eo'lou Vi 'apu
pixies, using uir'y pens ieeo'ng ifregu'aiiy
ana giving corn IN 'he ear or 90 tue s,a''
III "c ne'u' nc may nor OBTAIN more ,na
,en cen,s per ousne'' Inns mas oi'eo pee
uone' i"e suooessiu' ''anu'ao'uror .. Dee'
PORK anu mutton, owes MS success 10 III
greater amount OF experience care anu ora''
WORK, "hich ne mas 10 give 10 inc pusiness' a.
compared 70 the mere crop-ralser'
Intimately connected with this view OF th'
Nbject, is the question as to the best mode
OF disposing of fodder. Is it the best policy
to sell hay. to pillow it under green or to feed
IT to animas2 Flowing under crop OF clo-
yer saves us the labor of moving, curing
drawing into the barn. feeding, drawing out
manure and spreading. There may be cir
cumstances where land is cheap and labor
expensive, where it will be the best economy
to pillow under the crop. 1t is however, estl-
mated that in manufacturing clover into flesh
the animal does not take one-tenth' of the
available amount and hence in blowing the
whole under less than one-tenth is gained to
compensate for the omission Of animal growth.
Iu answer to an Inquiry from us some time
ago, Joseph Harris, who is high authority on
these matters, gives the value Of manure
from ton Of clover hay at 1854, according
to Laws estimate. The clover itself plowed
under he thinks would be worth sl0.6i, OF
20 cents more-and that ton OF clover hay
could be put in the barn for 81, and the ma
nure from it drawn out again for Az CENTS
making, with W cents difference already
mentioned, the actual cost OF the food in the
nay on account OF the labor OF drawing II
ana GU. as compared TO blowing 1t under Vi
per ton; Farmers WIN Judge how much
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.a .. VI "aaure, ior example, VIII depeh
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soil. and bv no means nv ,he TOO .ommo