Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-09-03


Your Stock In Fan and Winter
ras tine has arrived uAsb yOung sioe'
siobs ssco 70. wistH siii soOa .
here. and the loag, cold rains and We
ssOus Of autumn are imPss3ihg. Arev'
going 10 keep oui. As Is % much The case
our tess, calves and young colts till 'h'
snow forces them 10 shelterG Quite IKE
". the most ofus. And what will be 'h'
resalt9 1, will te not only the iesseaiss
Of the aesh. bat check in the growth
which can never be remedied. On tbs
paai No are vefy Aeed.ess--niary d =
Ignorant. We act as though We did us'
know that what vas lost in the growth oil
a young animal is a loss TO the mature
COW. horse or sheep, or any other stock
And IL left out nov in the rains aud SHOWS
with short feed, frozen and faded toward
the last, this will surely, and to . ecu
siderable extent. be the case. The fields
are also hurt by being dvAuded. aud the
evil thus has a ,wo-fold hold upon the fu.
ture.
1t should be remembersd-but is cot
geasrally-that yonng stock dropped in
the spring hes never seen winter. 50 that
the severity of the weather will fall all
the heavier upon the teUder aud uuinuree
animals. They need early shelter. TO be
lie, out again if the weather Is favorable
and the feed plenty. November, in our
44th degree Of latitude, should see them
housed permanently. Better feed early
so that when the winter really sets in, the
young stock is in healthy, hearty cOndi-
ton, growing unchecked, while it is hOus'
ed during both late fall end winter.
A she'd will answer for the calves and
the young sheep, each kept separate. Let
there be feeding racks along the sides
this for fall and also prefer it for win
ter; but let it be made tight and warm,
with warm, dry bedding, not neglectieg
to vsntilate sufficiently. though no SHOWS,
should be suffered to blow in. Thus
housed, and not crowded, the little com.
pany will enjoy it, and continue 10 thrive
uuinterruptedly il the right feed be given.
The same will do pretty much for
tho tegs, the calves and the colts,
aud that is, 10 effect, continuation Of
the grass or summer feed, dried grass or
hay, dried VIXEN green and tender. Moth.
ing is better than aftermath for this young
stock, unless it is early-cut clover. The
two together we have found to work as
well as anything. The substance and eff
feet is about the same Ia r.ra
1t is held that such feed is too loosen.
ing to the bowels. We have not found it
SO; and have never seen it So Is it
no more SO than grass ITSELF grass advanced
In its growth, which has less influence
in this direction than the more tender
growth, such as pasture generally furnish
EST No one would object to having past
ure continued during the winter, if this
could be, as is the case in some parts of the
country, where cattle and sheep subsist
on grass the year round. But some peo-
pie are hard to convince; they are those
that come in last to adopt the i'm prove.
ments; and thus they lose the benefit
which others have reapod in the mean.
time.
1t is gratifying to see the advance
young stock will make during the winter
Improperly fed and taken care of. They
will come out strong, active and greatly
grown. Such hiefers will be cows at two
years, and make the better COWS for it !;
otherwise they would be likely to lsse a
year, which would be years loss Of feed
and care, and the animals not the bet.
ter. The tegs will have grown int sheep,
wool long, glossy and thick; and the colt
hearty and nimble, will have made rapid
advance, which it would never have reach.
ed with bad treatment and neglect; the
loss would have been seen in future
horse, and in so valued an animal would
have been considerable, and therefor re
cannot be afforded, especially if the AM.
NAL be choice one. o,t a..
A word as to feeding. We find il best
for young stock to feed often and little at
time, they will then eat up clean, thus
preventing waste and the habit of loathing
their food, which last is apt to be the
case where the remains Of large feed
are much brcathcd over. The cost to
winter young stock is thus reduced to
comparatively low figure.
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