Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-28
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN
Care in Feeding and stabling.

1t pays to feed we'll, and with dis
cretion, the team of all work, to give
them careful grooming and see that
their comfort is secured in the most
generous manner: II pays in the Ia
Dor they perform as a result of the at
tention, and in their health and lon
gevity. The writer would not adv0-
cate the indulgence and pampering of
horses, so as to unfit them for the best
of service, but the care which gives
them strength and endurance for the
regular and, in time Of emergency,
the extra work that may be required
Of them. There may exist reserved
power in a horse as truly as in man.
The poor, half:kept team, in case of a
great strain when endurance ss11d oou-
tinuous strength to the full amount of
their ability is brought into service
quickly give out. In such places it is
not alono good breeding that tells, but
good care.
Stock of all sort should have warm
shelter, not only from the coolest
weather in winter, but from the
searching fall winds. The same
weather that is disagreeable for man
is bad for animals. The warm side of
straw-stack in the open field is in no
wise sufficient. The best and surest
way to save fodder is to provide Il
war N place for the stock.
There is a good deal III the manner
of feeding, also. TO those who man.
age during the first feeding this fall to
cloy the animals, we predict a most
unsatisfactory condition of stock.
There is particular danger of this in
the management of young stock, colts,
calves and lambs that have been so fed
that they begin to turn up their noses
at the mess given them are in Il most
unfortunate condition to enter the win
ter. The one thing necdful with such
creatures is Il good appetite. Then if
this is judiciously appeased at regular
intervals there is little danger of runts
or stunts. 1t is not a good plan to feed
old and young stock together. There
is generally no ospirit Of generosity
among animals toward each other,
and the young and the weak usually
escape the good bites, are showed
around and hooked about. No wonder
they come out in the spring poor.
Neatness is absolutely necessary among
sheep to insure their good health and
proper development. Last winter this
paper described system of stabling
cattle by which Il proper regard for
neatness was preserved, and the ma
nure remained beneath the cattle. Since
then we have noticed the same method
| in vogue with horses and do not indorst
it in the least.
The manure beneath herd of cattle
tramped down firmly scarcely ferment:
at all, and there is neither heat MOI
odor. In the horse stable the case i:
very different. The manure here viii
heat to considerable extent under
the best of management, which pro
duces vile odors, and is Injurious tt
to the animals health, particular!
to the health of the feet and legs
Horse stables should be kept by th'
removal of the manure and foul odor
absorbed by the occasional use of dis
infectants, like lime or plaster.
Stock of all kinds require plenty o
exercise, and to this end it is an ad
mirable plan to have a good place TO
them to run, and in all mild days ;
light feed out of doors, when they ar
free to move about during the middl
of the day, is capital plan.
The exercise of colts ana steers i
best managed by having it contribute
to some purpose, and it should be IN
der the control Of 4 master who is lOol
ing on their future usefulness.
There is nothing more attractive up
on Il well managed farm than the AZ
rangemcnt and care of stock during
! the winter months: and nothing tina
exhibits the skill Of Il master ha:ld tt
greater advantage.