, 1877-01-13
EODDEI2-CDRN.
How to Grow, Harvest, and
Cure It.
The Enormous Yield II Pro
duces.
Sttaming Feed for Sheep, Cattle, and l1ots.s..'
lIov " d. II with Great Suets,s.

years ago trlc'l aotnc experiments In fcctlIn4
sheep on steamed feed. before beginning,
scarch was made In such agricultural books and
papers ns were Mt hand f.r Information on The
subject. Plenty OF instances wcsc found of
cattle horses, and swine being fed ald .fattencd
On steamed or cooked food. The annual Etgis-
ter or Rural 4 fairs for 1874 contains an excel
lent article on the snb1ect-manly relating to
cattle-fccling for dairy purposes. But sought
in vain for thu experience Of any one In fccd-
Ing sheer. A. letter Of inquiry TO tho Secretary
Of our state Board Of Agriculture was fruitlcss
VI results.
To commence with, | selected 400 ewes. and
and MS nearly equal IN szr, weight, aye. and tDt-
dillon as could get them. Ono lot Of 150 was
placed In one sle.l. anil received liberal rAtions
of clover l!av AMI sheaf oats. The other lot nt
twice day with suwtl.c,rn fodder, cut 10 three.
quarters nf an iuch in length, mtxrtl with two
b'ishcls OF bsnt,, and wet down with boin.
wascr-at the rate of one b.isfsel nf tile mixed
feed to ten sheep. Before beginning eac, lot
WAS weighed OH set Of stock scales convenient
~ near, and thereafter was weighed twLcc a
week. Eact, lot received che same rarc i water.
i;'r. bedding, e1errlse, protection against
over pcrttHl Of eight weeks. The details, with
the different wc!gh[ngs, would probably occupy
too much space IN your journal tD he stated at
tsnGth IN J., TINS eonea,,n, MN LEY %eIs III,
n wnrrent IL" n,,rchna~ ~ nu an|l.n AMI
ix,ilcr. md the uniting IN ri tnnks md cnn.
ti,e fncE s,n,.c ti,n,, + rnws ~, th,a focI al.
mnst eTr1usirctv. In. wiutrr ,,,in,- IN III.
fnl,rs nf thn Inv c1nn' t",,t nvcr nv nrtlrn
stock, consisting Of twenty horses, about twenty
shrcn. wifhnmt n nn,,nI II inv. mi ,i,rv ran,c
nsa ppnr;nr ~ tn,' i; a' ,hn i ,y ic avc
cyrr t!nne m tirr feed.
The sheet anchor Of steam feeding Is the
NSAA'' ~ 'N' =" ronnrn.tnp~ ~ ''
p.rb,n. rour ren,,crs wfii In tntcrcs..d In
the plans followed hero In SC sowing. harvesting,
anu c1's ts es" as tey dicr N svs
v i,cr "rar,ir"I a i fotncrs s" '''' ''eo"u'"''"
T1,,. nrr,n,i Ia nrsr,r,u thc In wcct In Nov
hv ,,loFinw' and s1,ilfrcnt 1u,n,i,cr If hnrrny.
;n,,e auh 1,imrs -, hrin, Il ;mtn r,, -, 'a ti,
H,,ckcvn wi,.o. IrliiI.ii IL, hnns .,nun a,I
wuIE;1vNat In. rata nj tx1 lu,s,rls ucr acre @
Nutntns n,nrc can he dime t., fl" rr,,,, III, th.
iottrr natt " anrus, ny nv Grst NJ Snnt
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,sx rse ~ a 1oe e." @ f. "ea m sSase
and delivers shc fn,i1rr in ~avrt. NJ Tin slIr
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th tons ha1u7 sr s.sr Win far snGS'
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r. Gl VIII Lo ,"u H. W." W. III u ,s. ,s.Msee;
ne s'e"s s'a''' III '"e "c'a '"4 ''es ''c "a''tea
'of use;
ouss ~ MY EpssS ~ 'e n.s'ta s.!lo"I rnnsetInn
t;o. unp IL ~. ~ sh",, s.i. .r,.,.,,n . UT
si!les ,M tu9 "ntuF "ne.s ooih Meastier . a',u
Ioaus nto oau; "heh ueepiy'pl"Weu e1fl'-lsih
- y.ns nu. ~ IssGstu,o ,,I ro'ad ~ taG
tlau'ns " hcaSy iuaus "aeI tt!o lot4leF Hse!f
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