The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-10-27
Agricultural.
!. Carrots for lIorses and Cattle.

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Noiooj of the root kind Is so keenly rel
ishei by horses as carrots indeed, most
horses prefer them 10 oats. Carrots, when
mixed vhlrehairi Without cptu, ,gwitl, kpel
horses ia exhellent condition for performing
all kinds oflabo-. They may be fed from
December to the beginning or middle ofMay
to which period, with proper care in this
latitude, they maybe preserved they are
especially beneficial for horses toward
Spring, at which time corn may be added
for few weeks. In certain parts of Europe
farmers depend solely upon carrots, with o
proper allowance Of hay, as Winter food
for their horses, without giving them any
grain whatever; and it is asserted that by
this mode of feeding farm horses a consider.
able saving ofhay is effected, as compared
with the usual custom of the country OF
feeding corn and hay. Draft and farm hor.
ses are given in the proportion of fifty to
seventy pounds weight Of carrots each per
day on an average not allowing them quite
SO many in the very short days, and some
times more than that quantity in the Spring
months A portion ofthe carrots are sliced
in the chat or hay; in their racks; and
with this food the horses will usually enjoy,
uninterrupted health. There are persons
who think that earrets~only given rs food to
horses are injurious to their constitutions !;
but this belief is without foundation other
than prejudice. Experiments carefully con-
Quoted have proved that team horses, Win,
ter and Summer, will perform ordinary work
on carrots as Winter food, with the as
sistance of proper soling in summer, aud
may be kept the entire year round upon the
produce of an acre of land in carrots.
Without reference to the many local OPP
carrot, it isthe most valuable esculent in
the entire range OF husbandry on account OF
its superior properties as a general article of
food for the several descriptions of animals
usually kept on farm. The only reasona-
BILE objection urged against the more geper.
al introduction of carrots into the regular
system Of cropping is their expensive and
tedious early culture, which objection cer-
tainly has considerable weight. Neverthe-
less, when capital and industry can be com
bined, carrots offer a fairef opportunity of
remunerative return than any other com
paratiYe crop, and where introduced will be
f0unda valuable article of food for horses.
pigs, and poultry of all descriptions, But
ter of the most agreeable appearance and
exquisite flavor may be obtained for the Ia
BILE by feeding milk COWS upon carrots, and
If stored for them during severe weather in |
Winter there will be no diminution in guam
tity, or deterioration in the quality of their |
In establishments for trottihg or. raeug |
horses, carrots are especially beneficial. To- |
ward Spriug, when the horses have been fed |
mauymonths on dry food -oats. corn and
hay--they are extremely serviceable, indeed |
necessary. Among horsemen they have
gained the character of being good for the |
wind ;bHt we suspect the only merit they
can claim in this respect is that they keep
the body cool and properly open, by which
they conduce greatly to health and condi.
ton, and consequently to clearness of wind. |
About the same thing may be said of their
claims to produce fine coat; whatever con-
duces To health does SO; consequently car
rots do, To any one who has been in ra-
cling stable, or IN any stable where carrots |
are fed, it may seem almost useless to say
that they should be sliced in pretty long
slicesss 1t is dangerous to give them cut
crGssways, as horses are extremely fond of