Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-12

cheapest substitute for malt known.
Cane sugars contain albuminous princi-
piles, and are therefore considered i'm
pure from brewers point of view
Extracted honey and comb honey, in
our neat little American surplus boxes
and crates, have been introduced into
England and France to limited ex-
tent, and there is no doubt that by
cultivation, these countries will be-
come our best customers, because the
superiority of our honey is universally
acknowledged T"
FATTENING Stock IN WINTER. 1t is
patent to all who have made live stock
a study, that one of the indispensable
conditions to success is that they be
kept both dry and warm. That il, they
should not be exposed to storms of rain
nor the freezing winds Of winter. 1t is
well known that animals can not be
successfully fauened in winter, nor can
they be made To more than hold their
own even under the best feeding, unless
they be provided with good warm quar-
tiers in stables, or the equivalent in well
covered sheds. where the wind may not
reach them. Even when good sheds
are provided the stock is checked and
does not gain flesh during the preva-
lence Of storms, and very often with the
greatest care, animals during such
periods will lose flesh, despite the efforts
To prevent il.
To keep the animal economy intact
certain quantity of food is necessary,
All the animal eats over and above the
quantity necessary TO supply waste,
goes to increase the original weight. If
it takes II hushel of corn to keep up
the animal heat and waste daily, and
bushcl is all the animal can consume,
then the feeder loses daily the hushel SO
fed. If n bushcl of corn worth 40 cents
be capable of making eight pounds of
flesh, worth five cents per pound, and
the bushel makes this eight pounds over
and above the animal waste, the feeder
saves the value of the manure, and the
difference in transportation, of, s vs. So
pounds TO market He also saves the
difference IN the value Of n steer weigh
ing, say l,20O pounds in ordinary flesh,
and worth Scents per pound, and, the
tattened one, weighing 400 pounds,
and worth cents per pound fat, this
would amount To S3i, and would pay
for feeding 50 bushels Of corn. In this
case, to make all come out right, the
50 bushels ofcorn must have produced
200 pounds of grain, or nearly "a for
each bushcl ieI. As u rule, stock fed
in the fields increase but little if any
during winter, 100 pounds gain to the
steer is n very good one. In stables,
where the conveniencoss. for feeding are
good, 200 pounds and over may easily
be laid on, unless the season be exccp-
tional'y untoWard; and, here again, the
disability will &C, with greater force out
Of doors than in
The principal question il, will it pay
better to feed out Of doors, where the
stock are subject to storms, bin any
event Decidedly no. shelter Of some
kind is essential to success. Good sheds,
protected by timber, will keep out rain,
and also cold to good degree. For the
prairie, the need of artificial shelter is
more pronounced. Then they must be
made both wind and rain proof. Then,
with water in abundance, stock may be
successfully and economically fattened,
with corn at average western prices.
But, the greater the value Of corn the
greater the economy of increased shell
ter.