The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07

Treat all afflicted animals in YOUR
stable on the same day, else the groom
will infect cured horse, the second.
time, with his hands or some stable
utensil.
If you are vigilant, fully alive to its
infectious character, and spare no
pains. but follow these instructions
closely, you will succeed; but half
comply and you will be cursed with it
as long as your laziness lasts.
feedlhg straw TO Horses and Cows
"AMER1CO-GERMo'' says that he
saves SIS per ton, by feeding his horses.
on sedge, with 400 pounds of linseed
meal, at cost of $l2; and also bv
feeding his COWS straw, with the same
quantity of linseed meal per ton-that
is, he saves this money by not feeding
good hay with no linseed meal.
Let US look into this subject a little
and see if farmers can really make
money by following his system of feed
ing. What is the cash cost of q
ton of "red top, timothy, or clover
hay y to the farmer who grows it-an
average cost in the entire Northern and
Middle States? The selling prices.
during the last ten years, for these
kinds of hay have averaged, in the
rural districts, about SIS. per ton for
red top and timothy, and $40 for clover.
But farmers, in estimating the expense
of feeding hay to stock, should rate it
at what it is worth in their barns-not
what it will sell for ten or twenty
miles away; and, consequently, the
cost or value Of every ton of good hav
fed out will not average. throughout
the Northern and Middle States. over
about twelve dollars per ton.
Now, what is the average value Of a
ton Of good rye or wheat straw in bun.
dies? Not. much less than that of
good hay. It is worth in some places
800 per ton, for making paper land sl2
or $l5 per ton in all cities or large
towns, at the livery stables. Then
comes up the fact that straw which
was perfectly dry when the grain was.
cut contains no nutrition, and. of it,.
self, has no more value as food than a
sawdust pudding has when served ND
for mans dinner and contend that
there would be quite as much wisdom
in saying that the expense of feeding
family can be greatly reduced by
making pudding, daily, composed of
sawdust as a basis, with eggs, milk and
sugar, las to claim that farmer can save
money by feeding his stock straw.with
! an addition Of something to render it
eatable. Sometimes oats are cut in a
somewhat green state, and the straw
in such cases is good to feed to Young
stock as u part of their food but the
bleached and sunburnt rye and wheat
straw, as usually found in farmers
barns, is of no value as food for cattle.
What would be the benefit of paving
$50 for 400 pounds of inseed meal to
feed with ton of straw, worth fully
as much as the meal, making 1924, when
ton of good hay, costing only SO.
would, even according to "Americo-
Germo's, admission, be equally nu-
tritious, and, as claim. good deal
more so.
l do not discus the question in re-
gard to feeding ''sedge,'' as that arti-
Gle exists in but few places in com.
parison with other grasses.
Cheerful Wife
What blessing to a household is a
| merry cheerful woman-one whose
spirits are not affected by wet DAYS
and little disappointments-o whose
milk of human kindness does not sour
in the sunshine of prosperity. Such a
woman, In the darkest hours, bright
ems tue house like apiece of sunshinv
weather. The magnetism of her
smiles, and the electrical brightness
of her looks and movements infect
everybody. The children 80 to school
with the sense of something great to
be achieved; the husband goes into
the world with a conqueror's spirit.
No matter how people annoy and wor.
ry him through the day, afar off her
presence shines, and he whispers to
himself, cat home 1 shall find rest!'
So day after day she literally renews
his strength and energy.