The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
TIE FOOD OF ANIMALS.

The kind of food, as well as It's cendl
tion and properties, exercises wonderful
influence in keeping donesticated animal
healthy. The most nutritious food is no
the most economical under all circum
stances, because the specific sought is no
always the came; therefore we are com
PEELED to give various substances in
rliksd condition to produce the desired
results. There is no doubt an advantag
Tained in the modern method of grinding
grain and the mechanical division of al
coarse substances into minute parts which
aids mastieation as well as digestion, but
thiS mode of preparing food may be car.
Tisd to extremes, ana the animal suffer In
consequence.
Food in green state is certainly more
nutritious and natural than when dried AS
in hay, grain, or straw, but in cold eli
matsS we have to preserve food in this
unnatural condition, AMI therefore artif-
cial means are employed to restore what
Is lost i'm drying.
Grain is ground into meal OF flower,
and in this condition il more readily as
simulated than if fed when dry. Boiling
or steGming of food is largely practiced
for the purpose of making the cOarser
kinds soft and facilitating their digestion.
Fermentation, which may be regarded as
kind cooking, is also another method of
making food easy of digestion, and some
writers claim that it adds to it's nutrieious
qualities. We know that brewers grains
are extensively employed as food for an
finals, and they fatten quickly, and if
proper care ia given to cleanliness and
ventilation of stables, remain quite
healthy.
There are certainly two sides of this
question of cooking ,steaming, cutting, and
grinding food for animals. Where food
of all kinds is cheap, the most profitable
mode is to feed with as little preparation
Is possible; but in older portions of the
country and in large cities there is a
great saving through manipulation of all
coarse substances used for this purpose.
Those who most strongly oppose the
grinding or cooking IF food for animals
urge that 1t is unnatural, and therefore
must be injurious, forgetting that in do
mesticating animals they are placed under
unnatural conditions 1t is true that an
animals stomach requires certain de-
gree Of extension and contraction in or
der to keep it in healthy condition,and
food that is two highly contracted in or
der to keep it.in healthy condition, how
ever nutritious, will not answer the pur-
pose any more than very coarse, unnutri-
tious food.
In feeding any very nutritivo food a
certain quantity Of some bulky, coarse
kind should be added in order to expand
the stomach as well as the intestines I'm
less this is attended to, digestion will al
ways De incomplete, no matter how
healthy the animal may be, and for this
reason we believe that all ground or cook
cd should be given along with cut hay or
straw. The concentrated portion Will fur
nish the requisite nutrition, and the other
gives the needed expansion to the stom-
ach. Animals should always be fed at
regular intervals, and the old maxim of
''goed food and little at time," is ap-
plicable in feeding all domesticated stock.
1t is also well to change the food occasion
ally as an appetizer, as well as to stimu-
late the digestive organs. ASS rule farm
ers neglect to supply their animals with a
variety of food, and if they become I'M
healthy in consequence their owners sell
dom attribute it to neglect in furnishing
proper food.
Good timothy or clover hay is usually
considered sufficient for cows in winter,
and better than straw or corn stalks, but
alternate feed with all would be far better
than one alone. Good hay and oats are
certainly good food for horses, but an oc-
casional feed Of roots or cut hay and meal
will do much toward keeping an animal
healthy. 1t is now time 20 prepare for 8
variety Of food for animals next winter
and we advise those who have never Civ.
on this system trial to do so and learr
from experience if it is not the most eco
nomical and profitable ~ z. Sun.
A VERY Coop CoMPosT-A very goot
fertilizing compost is manufactured b.