Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-09-10
Young Stock in Fall ana Winter.


The time has arrived when young stock
is to be seen to. Winter will soon be here
and the long, cold rains and wet SHOWS Of
autumn are impending. Are we going to
keep out, as is so much the case, our young
sheep, colts and calves till the snow forces
them to shelter? Quite likely, the most of
us. And what will be the result? 1t will
be not only lessening of the flesh, but a
check in growth, which can never be rene
died Ga this point we are very needless
many Of US ignorant We act as though
we did not know that what is lost in the
growth Of young animal is loss to the
mature COW, horse or sheep, or any other
stock. And if left out now 10 the rains
and SHOWS with short feed, frozen and faded
toward the last, this will surely, and to a
considerable extent, be the case The fields
also are hurt by being denuded, and the
evil thus has twoiold hold upon the fu.
ture.
IL should be remembero1-bu it is not
generally-that young stock dropped in the
spring has never seen winter so that the Sc.
verify Of the weather will fall all the heavi.
err upon the tender and uninured animals.
They need early shelter, to be let out again
ii the weather is favorable and the feed
plenty. November in our 4ith degree Of
latitude, should see them housed perma-
nently. Better feed early, so that when
the winter really sets 10, the young stock is
ia healthy, hearty condition, gr0sing IN
checked, while it Is housed during both the
late fall and winter.
A shed will answer for the calves and
the young sheep, each KEEP, SEPARATE
Let there be feeding racks p'ong the sides
this for fall and | also prefer it for
winter but let it be made tight and warm,
with warm, dry bedding, not neglectng
to ventilate sufficiently, thoagh no SHOWS
should be suffered to blow 10. Thus housed
and not crowded, the little company will
enjoy it, and continue to thrive uninter-
ruptcdly If the right feed be given The
same will do pretty much for the three, the
tegs, the calves and the colts, and that is,
in effect, continuation of the grass or
summer feed dried grass or hay, dried when
green and tender Nothing 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.
1t is held that such feed is too loosen.
ing to the bowels. We have not found it
So aud | have never seen it so. Is il
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 furnishes No
one would object to have pasture 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 people are hard to con.
vince they are those that come 10 last to
adopt the improvements and thus they lose
the benefit which Others have reaped 10 the
meantime.
1t is gratifying to see the advance young
stock will make during the winter If proper
ly fed and taken care Of. They will come
out strong, active, and greatly grown.
Such hcifers will be cows at two years, and
make the better cows for IL; otherwise
they would be apt to lose year, which
would be years loss Of feed and care, and
the animals not the better. The tegs will
have grown into sheep, wool long, glossy
and thick; and the colt hearty and nimble,