The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-09-28
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ssat cows wh;&h are giving |
"a be resuIarly fed with a
orantity of Indian meal.
V9he following are few of the rea-
- IONS for this belief:
Because it gives change Of food |
This is very desirable. Such change
shaFPeas the appetite and improves
4 the general health.
Because it lightens tao labor of
Aastcation and makes digestion
much easier than it would be if the
e, stomach was distended with more
bulks food.
b. Ause it greatly improves the
* Of the manure.
because the cost of keeping is bnt
cry slightly increased. Four quarts
meal each day for a COW does not
great deal in Itself. As already
ted, feeding it will confer. Several
Iantages. If there were no other
Ons than those gwen above, it
pay well to feed moderate
of meal to milking stock.
6orld be kept in mind that
Cof meal is not wholly to be
Fed to tho account for extra keep
for when cows have meal they
eat a smaller quantity of hay.
the hay which is saved by the
Will 10 considerable toward
|. for the meal.
Because it vigoratrS and tones up
the system, enabling the animal bet
ter to resist sudden changes of tenn
literature, and iu cold weather does
to keep up the annual heat.
Ause it will largel increase The
|attity of milk which is produced.
Tvs which are moderately supplied
Ih meal give more milk per day,
milk mole days per year, than
|6se which are fed on hay alone.
Because it furnishes Il cheap and
|lmhe method for improving the
duality of the bnttcr which is prodn
ced. The winter butter which is
1,roduced on our farms has obtained a
teater reputation for strength than
IT has for sweetness. The mildcst
criticism which can insly be passed
nanen much OF this butter is that it is
Efcient' in the principal qualities
kSh 20 to make up really good
fcle~ The color reminds one of a
w painted house, and the flavor
Meidedly poor. Now if tile COWS
decently good the addition to
|eir rations of hay (providcd the
sy contains no bitter veeds) of a
1ey quarts of meal per day will make
great difference in tho appearance
tho butter. The color will change
hite,to a shade great deal
the color which butter ought
IF. The favor will also be
fully improved. Just here is
Indian meal seems to he the
r of many other articles Of
,cews which have been highly
mended. Probably wheat
y make cows give as much
meal can do. The same is
lome other things. Bnt it is
hbtful If there is any kind of
common use which will give
WA.t flavor to butter as Indian
81. ,sS 4 Practical Farmer
- Boarding for a Penny Day.
j uuu WdlcI Ill Vuo u uuo 5ldtO
fot make hogs out of pigs-but
& Corn is iDfammatory and in
form promotes very little
!, each pound of increase pro-
ID by it costing three times Its
Ne Better sell your corn and bny
neat. But this is unnecessary,
kame material can be manipn.
nrs make pork raising prof.
" cents pound.
glet is in feeding essence of
no crude corn. speak of
tment of hogs during the
etiod, the finish for market
itforent process. Get .ope,
five sugar hogsbeads, sac=;
the size of your herd re-
inside hoop that holds the
llk we'll with oakum around
b, replace the hoop, and
By side in the ground thee
re, near a wella'or spring
will be plenty of water,
q lid to each one. If 10
pasture, fence around, or
lln lose hogs by getting an
WoC, 10 Jul OhPOAiOhSO wiz 'uilJ
lave large troughs, made of
(kank, placed contiguous.
h'fne, and put IN each
to six bushels, and a
This may make you
/. Fill up VIA water,
y for two or three days,
Pntation has fully set
three days begin to
bys ready afterwards,
east in the bottom.
a with water at once,
ZEN full; repeating
ES, y the homeopath-
N snu that further
~ Fiction might,be
a.; then throw, IN u
raProceed as before.
not tried the plan
TO what attenua-
thus reduced, and
caN be wrought.
eveh hogsheads running
md he's demonstrated
2Q0 ;upd porker can
this process on a
81. Eacl, Ahog will
. ,fyeY gallons at a
AdQwn, grunt and
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