The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-13

There Is nothing but what fowls
viii eat i properly ''diShed up"
Straw. when cut and mixed with
two quarts of corn-meal 10 the
bushel, is equal to the same guam
tlty Of the best hay.
\ good hay cutter viii save its
cost in one season. Hay or straw
Is not made nutritious. but ii i
more easily masticated when chatf-
ed: and a saving OF eXertion Is
equivalent to a saving of food.
An Orange county. y. y. farmer
had a very sick COW, and. rs a last
eNpedient, two live frogs were forced
into her stomach SO gently that
they were uninjured. Their live
" operations within Were expected
to work a cure, and at last accounts
the patient had wonderfully I'M
proved.
Regular Feeding. if not generous.
is better than food given IN excess
for a few days, and then stinted. or
food given plentifully, but at II
regular periods. Animals DO not
thrive unless perfectly contented.
and never permitted to get hungry.
The same hours for feeding should
be kept regularly throughout the
whole season.
Ground Gypsum spread upon
the floors will prevent the pun
gent odor common to stables. This
vapor of ammonia IS hurtful .
horses eyes, and the frequent cause
of opthalmIa, and resulting blind
ness with which 50 many horses are
troubled. Throw a few pailsfuls
of water upon the floor first, and
then scatter round a shoyelful of
the gypsum.
As the stomach of the horse can
only digest "a definite amount of
food IN a given time. extra food
does not, beyond a certain limit,
compensate for extra work; hence
we cannot, even by liberal feeding,
save our teams from the injury IN
| CURED BY any habitual overwork.
Again. the power of the stomach to
digest food IS reduced when system
is distressed by excessive exertlon.
About 400 tons of horns are re-
ceived annually IN England from
the River Plate: 1000 horns are
usually rechoned as "a measurement
ton IN shipping, though they are
frequently freighted BY weight. 1t
takes nearly 1900 horns to weigh
a ton. Those from Spain, of a
light yellowish color, serve to imi-
tate tortoise-shell: the imitation IS
effected by solutions of gold silver
and lead.
Horses should be fed in proper
ton to their work. An idle team
may be wintered upon good hay
alone when working lightly. q
feed Of grain at noon, Will be suf-
ficient with hay morning and
night. With heavy work, 10 quarts
of ground corn and oats, and
chaffed straw or corn-fodder, Will
be good feeding, and IN many
cases. for small horses. less Will do.
Good grooming Is necessary for
health in winter.
Good shelter for the stock Is al
lutte economy: with warmth there
must be an ample supply u pure,
fresh air. The time may come
when Ne shall find coal cheaper
than the extra food needed To >us-
tain vital heat under extreme cold,
and use fire heat for our animals.
At present we must keep our sta
bles az warm and dry "a We can
but pure air. with severe cold and
plenty of food, l. preferable To warm,
impure stables, with food saved
If a merchant were t sci up
half a dozen Of stoves III his Store
and attempt TO keep a little fire II
each and all Of them while burning
only fuel enough to keep up two
good fires every n would unhe9I-
tatingly pronounce It remarkably
foolish. The farmer IN attempting
to keep more cattle than he has hay
and grain TO feed j, doing the same
thing. The COW i really Il ma
chine for making hay and meal into
milk and flesh. just a. the stove
receives the wood and imparUs heat
the COW receives food and return-
milk and beef. And a the stove
can throw out no heat without fuel
so the COW can return nothing with