Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-03


and see if there is any spare feed with which
to make more meat; and if there is, see what
kind can be made to chest advantage Shall
It be pork, beef or mutton II there is
plenty Of hay aud a moderate amount Of
grain, it will probably be beef or mutton /;
If there is plenty Of corn, peas or barley, and
little fodder to spare, il will have TO De pork.
SO too, 1t will soon be time TO see o little
about the preparation Of feed to think about
making preparations for cutting aud stcamng
coarse fodder There are many farmers who
now feed but little, who with suitable cutting
aud steaming apparatus, could feed five Co
ten head Of steers moro as well as not There
Is that large stack Of straw that, though we'll
saved will be but little used for feeding.
there being plenty Of fodder supplied that is
preferred; and there is that field Of corn,
the fodder also well saved which will be fed
in the bundle, and only the f1cr parts cone
sumcd. Cut and steam these corn,ilks. and
The whots will be eaten mp clean, aud will
mako better fodder than the finer parts as usu-
ally fed. Mix cqunl parts OF hay, ooustalks
and straw, previously cut, with the ususal
amount Of grain fed with dry hay he grain
ground and mixed with the cut feed ana alI
steamed together, and your ittenng catte
shouId 40 beticr Than on the usual Iced ol hay
and grain given dry some say they will 90
as well with two-thirds Of Che grain usually
fed in this steamed mixture Managed iu this
way, you can fatton much more stock and
make more and better manure. If you don't
nave coarse gram enough to iced with your
fodder then buy somoi 1t you lack one Of
the three kinds OF fodder, but have ol The
rest, 1t will be better to buy that than TO give
up feeding Barley should be much more
generally fed, when it is low, than at present
is the case no good farmer should sell bar.
ley when it will not bring a dollar or more %
bushel in Albany, and corresponding price
in his market. II should be Il point to feed
this grain whenever it does not bring dccid.
eddy the best price to sell 10 10 market
In making arrangements for feeding, or in
deciding whether it will do to feed or not,
always keep in mind that the strongest reason
for feeding is the MAXIM Of good pile Of
rich manure and especially always remem-
Der that if you can get a fair market price
for your feed and the manure for profit you
have done good business Indeed you will
make more money in the long run by farming
If your feed docs not bring quite so much, as
you will be abundantly remunerated in the
increased crops and improved condition Of
the land. Still skilful managers very gem
orally make a fair profit on feeding besides
the manure, but this in part depends upon
judgment and skill in buying men say
they can buy cheaper than they can raise
stock for feeding, and that they can make
more by feeding than by raising stock. True,
all are not so well prepared to buy to adyan-
tage, but skiful men may be employed TO
buy for others this is already done to some
exteut, and the business can be extended SO
as to accommodate all. But, after an, the
manure should be the main object, and n lead
ing question be how to obtain this for profit,
and fair market price for the feed besides
Ia profitable farming, the land must be kept
up, and barnyard manures must be largely
used for this purpose The amount and value
of these manures will Of course depend largely
on the kind Of feed given. An animal fed
wholly on hay and grain, in the usual way,
will make richer manure than would be the
case if both were well cooked, as in the latter
case the feed would be more thoroughly di.
Beateui anu less OF inc valuable properties
passed in the manure So, too, such mix
ture Of grain, hay, cornsiaks aud straw as
above referred to, well Steamed will make
less valuable manure than hay and grain
alone. Hence, whenever feed is purchased,
regard should be had to thai which is best
for making manure as well as for feeding.
For instance, in buying hay it will be best to
get clover hay, as that contains a large amount
OF nitrogen and Is worth about twice as much
as common hay making manure At the same
time good, hne bright early cut clover hay. |
u better for iattening cattle and sheep. g. |
clover hay is the best to buy, aud this is cspoc
iaily the case where, as in many places, such |
hay Is The cheapest For the same reason,
the larger amount of nitrogen, peas shouldl
have the preference when they can be bought
Tor the same price as corn. And so too, whore
neither peas nor clover hay can be fed, but
iome kind OF grain must be purchased, It will
De best to buy portion ofoilcake-say enough
to feed one pound OF ollcake to three or four
'f grain. Oilcake is not only very fltteuing,