The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-01-19


The following Is part OF paper read
before the Central New York Farmers
Cub by Mr.. 4. ID. Curtis, and copied
from the Utica Herald:
Since tho opc ling of the Ill cussion. ut
our last meeting. of the subject of the
winter Feed and Care Of stock" have
come across some facts and experiments. \
in my reading. which bear upon ii, and
may he OF interest TO the club. The
briuch of the subject pertaining to cook
ing food for stock is Of very great inn
portsnce, and evidently much thorough
experiment is yet needed To determine II
satisfactorily in all respects. Ii can not
bc decided by u single experiment OK
tending over a brief period Of time. The
experiment must be tried on different
herds. in different localities, under differ
cnt circum stances. and Cor years. 1t
might appear profitable at first /: but whit
il il should turn out that in the end it
weakened the stamina Of the animal,
bred diseases, and led to the dctcriOra-
ton III not to the destruction of stock.
First appearances arc sometimes very de-
ccitful and good promises often lead to
bitter disappointment. May not this
possibly be the case with the few cxpcr
inents as yet made in cooking food for
stock. which seem successful. Most of
these experiments have been made on
swine ti,tcniny for slaughter. They eX-
tend over L few months, at most, and
often OILY few weeks. | can easily
see that the experiment MAJ be very
satisfactory in such eases. aud vet prove
most disastrous when applied to animals
destined for working. dairying or breed
iny purposes. In the hog. designed for
bltcicriny, we got fat, and we often get
il at the expense of health. Indeed, a
large and rapid accumulation of fat. in
beast or man. is one Of the surcst signs
ofdiseasc. What we want in our stock
is perfect health. We do not want to
stimulate any set of organs to such a
degree as to destroy the balance Of the
system. As my friend Lewis would say,
"wc must stick as close as we can to ma
turc." But it is difficult for us to tell
what is natural. Certainly, mono Of our
stock is in state of nature with us. 1t il
artiiicially bred, and only has a taste of
nature during few short months in the
summer. AS far as we can get at it, state
Of nature for our domestic animals,
would he broad. green fields to roam in.
plenty Of pure water and fresh air, and
the liberty TO feed, rest, or kick up their
heels. as they may choose. But there
would be no shelter, only coarse grasses.
mingled with various wild herbs, and
an indiscriminate change Of stamping
grounds. We can not follow this kind of
nature. We can only approximate these
conditions, and substitute art for it. Is
cooked food successful substitute for
green, juicy conditions? will give
the results of few experiments, Begin
ming with swine.
In the Southern Farmer find the re-
port Of a series Of experiments made
near Paris, Kentucky, by S. II. Clay,
Esq. lie weighed six barrows on the
18th day of July. Nos. and were
shut up together. No, l weighed $50
pounds; No. 2 weighed 2s5 pounds. =
They were fed IL days on cooked meal,
reduced to thin slop, and to this was
added dry corn. At the end Of - days
No. l had gained 80 pounds, and No. 2
80 pounds. They were then fed boiled
corn for 80 days. during which time they
had consumed 800 pounds. No. gain
cd so and No. 2 gained So pounds. They
were continued on boiled corn another
80 days with about the same result
Putting corn at % cents bushel the
pork made it cost l cent and 9 mills ;
pound.
Nos. 8 and 4 weighed 2 40 pounds eacl
and were fed OH pOrridgc and dry corn
ms the two just mentioned were for l.
,lavs. No. 3 gained so pound, and No
gained SO pounds. They were fed tn
next 30 days on boiled meal slop, ant
consumed 40 pounds Of dry meal. Nc
gained 80 pounds; No. 4 gained s
pounds. The cost Of pork was cen
and mills, counting corn worth 20 cent
rs before. The next 80 days they wcr
fed on dry corn. consuming 364 pounds
No. 8 gained 81 pounds; No. game
10 pounds. Cost of pork per pound,
cents and mill.
Nos. 5 and 6 were given the IL day
feed on cooked meal, slop and dry corr
When put up, No. weighed 265 pound
No. 6 weighed 245 pounds. In IL day
No. gained IS pounds and No. s gail
ed 81 pounds. Tho were then fed Q
dry corn for 30 days and at eos pound
No. gained 10 pounds and No. gaint
81 pounds. Cost of pork per pound,
cents and mills. They were then IL
on cooked meal for for rs days and co
sumed 234 pounds Of dry meal. No.
gained 40 pounds; No. 6 gained
pounds. Cost Of pork, ! cent and
mills.
The result i'm these experiment
though varying much with the diticre
animals, are very decidedly in favor
cooked food for fattcning purposes. T.
expense Of cooking was not taken I'M
consideration. Mr.. Clay and his fricn
arc, Of course, i'm favor of cooking TO-
for all kinds Of animals.
Hoo CHOLERA CURES farmer
Clarke county, Virginia, writing to I
Agricultural Bureau, recommends app
ms a preventative and cure of what
called "ilog cholera" lie says that