The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-01-30
Care Of Young Stock.

At no time Is the ock-oreeder SO
literally rewarded for his care and
attention as he is for that bestowed
upon his young animals during their
first winter. The treatment a calf
or a colt receives the first year of
its life always shows afterwards.
Take either, and let it be exposed
to the cold rains and SHOWS of win
ter, on scant food, and it will, as
long as it lives. bear the ineffacable
marks of such treatment it matters
not how good the care and atten-
ton bestowed upon it afterwards /;
true. they will "pick up" and come
out" with generous feeding and good
care, and even make good animals,
but it matters not how good they
may become, they would have been
better had it not been for the first
hard year of their life. An instance
of this kind came under our obser-
walton few days ago; we were
looking at two promising young
thoroughbred FLIES; both had been
left the first winter o: their lives to
pick up living pretty much as they
could. They afterwards fell into
the hands of liberal feeder and be-
gan to improve from the day they
went on his farm; now for untried
three-year olds they are as promis-
ing as any in the State, and in all
probability both Of them will make
successful race animals. at har-
dens 'em AID makes 'em tough to
let EN- rough it de fust winter"
said the old darkie who had them in
charge when we were looking at
them. do you think sop we re-
piled would you not change them
in some respect if you could ?" we
asked. "Oh, yes, sir, [ would make
'em little bit heavier in the mus
cles, and L would stand each of them
up a couple of inches higher" Just
so,' we replied. land if they had re-
ceived proper treatment when young
no fanlt could have been found with
them. but both were stunted when
yearlings aud will not recover from
it," raft ad-L9s.
A short time back w9 were look
ing over a herd of Shorthorns in
this county, and were shown two
calves, yearling and a two,year
old by the same bull and out of the
same COW; the only likeness they
bore to each other was in color.
We expressed surprise at the great
difference in the form and finish of
the two sisters. mot at all strange"
remarked the proprietor. "That
calf pointing to the two year old.
a long-legged, light-bodied and rag.
ged-hipped heifer, ''came in October
before bought the COW. and evil
IDENTIFY was half starved the first
winter of her life, but this one"
turning to the yearling. a fine speci-
men of Shorthorn beauty, twas
bred on ny place. and was well
housed and we'll fed-both have re-
ceived the same attention since
have owned them, both, as you see.
are equally fat. but there is no COM
parison in the forms, and the year
ling at two years of age will weigh
third more than the sister," We
are reminded of the above circum.
stance by the present cold snap, and
the knowledge that farmers gener-
ally attach so little Importance to
the care Of their young stock during
the winter. No provision is made
for them separate from the older
are left to take their
chances OF getting their share of
food (which they never get) out of
the common feed.rack. As We said
above, new is the time to give atten-
tion to the young things-the first
winter, especially such weather as
we are now having is the most try
ing time of a young animals life.
Whon Tnrlish Pashas rnad thoir