The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04

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LIGHT BRAnMA FOWLS
The most popular breed of fowls !
The United States are the Ligh
Brahmas-that is, they are liked bel
ter than any other breed, by NOR
fowl breeders than prefer othe
breeds. OF course, many men bee
other breeds and like them ; but tn
Light Brahmas would be at the tcI
of the list on q general vote. A
writer says: The Light Brahmi
combines more desirable points thai
any other breed with which 1 am &C
quainted. 1t they are judiciousi.
cared for, they are good layers, and
can be kept in good condition on TIM
same amount of food usually giver
to the smaller breeds. A 6rst-clasi
Brahma, besides supplying a liberia
quantity of eggs. is always in Cooc
condition, and can be killed and taker
to market at any time when desired
without fatteuing or any unusual
preparation. Ny partially for tht
Brahmas is the result Of e~xperienct
with different breeds, and % sarnest
conviction that all things considered
they are by far the mos. profitable tc
keep.
CHOPPED OR CUT FEED.
The veterinary surgeon who writes
for the Ohio Farmer gives bis views
on cut feed as annexed: II have al
ways been opposed to chop or cut
feed of any kind I; that is, as CON-
monty used and understood by the
public generally. Invariably this
character of food is usually moisten.
ed, more or less, according to fancy
and theory for its beneficial results.
For my own satisfaction. Q few years
ago, l visited many stables in New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and
made special inquiries as to how they
fed. and about the general health OF
their stock. / found one stable in
Chicago that had sixty head of
horses, and the stable had been run
by the same party for eight years,
during which time they had not fed
one pound Of hay, and not u pound
of ground feed of any kind except
coarse wheat bran. The feed con
sisted of wheat, oat and rye straw,
whichever the market afforded most
favorably. OF this they had all they
wanted, and we're bedded with the
same. They feed oats morning and
noon, and bran at night. There was
not a horse in that stable but had the
general appearance of good health,
and there was not a case of collie 10
the stable for six years, nor one that
became stiffened from overdriving on
the road. Both oats ana bran were
always fed dry. The logic Of this is
all in a nutshell. The horse return
ing to his stable heated up from his
drive, is not injured by giving him a
peck of dry bran to eat. You a
readily conceive the expense attend
ing this mode Of feeding it will save
thirty per cent. When you buy of
millers and feed men, ground, it is
invariably composed Of refuse grain,
screenings, sweepings, etc. This
stuff is packed of on he poor dumb
brute to eat. Then, when mixed up
with second fine middlings (Which is
worth very little as far as any nutri-
ment is %concerned) put upon the cut
straw and thoroughly moistened with
water, a horse would have to eat
three-fourths of a busbel of this
abominable stuff to supply the
place and nutriment of four quarts of
oats. This often subjects the poor
animal to distress of the stomach
from gastric arrangement produced
by damaged grain, which readily fer
ments as soon as moistened. Horses
that are troubled with chronic cough,
If fed upon straw, good, clean oats,
and coarse wheat bran, dry, thrive
well. 1t is the food for the horse for
any purpose. The process of masti-
dry food keeps the organs of
secretion in a healthy condition.
The use of roots in this season, also
grass, or any succulent food, is prop
er, but when you grind up a lot of
grain, or the so-called chop,
moistened. to overtax the gastric
Juice of the stomach for its digestion
(which causes arrangement of vari.
Gus kinds), it is all improper. limo
thy hay and coarse wheat bran will
keep a horse in fine condition, with
moderate exercise"
FRUIT TREES IN GRASS.
The fact that all kinds of fruit
thrive better in cultivated than
10 grass lands while young, has been
30 fully proved by the experience Of
of fruit growers, that l
need, perhaps, to state this
iact; yet many farmers ignore it,
md allow their young orchards of
pears, peaches, etc, to be in
grass. All kinds of fruit trees -four.
sh better in a rich soil free from
weeds and grass; but the land may
be used between the trees for corn,
potatoes, beans, or root crops, if well
MANFRED and well cultivated After
apple trees, and standard pear trees,
ire ten or twenty years old, the land
nay be seeded to grass without seri-
,us injury yet many good fruit
growers object TO grass in orchards
IT any time. At late meeting of
he Fruit Growers Society of West
I'm New York, Mr.. E. Moody, who
las 100 acres 10 q single orchard,
aid be had always been opposed to
'eeding down orchards to grass. He
mentioned two orchards that had
been cited as successful, although
in grass, but the soil was of
extraordinary richness and excel
ence; whenever both modes are
'een side by side, the difference is
trikingly in favor of the cultivated
The mode which be pre-
erred and adopted was deep plow-
ng for orchards from the very be-
aud always afterwards.
Seeding t. grass to prepare for bear
ne he looked upon as about the same
taking animals which had been
on high food sDd putting them
o o poor s.raw-stack in order to give