Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-15

corn, and oats ur barley, \ little buck
wheat, and httlc adm.Nturc OF sun
flower seeds, are excellent also, The
first meal lin tho mornmg) should he
fed warm, of scatled eernmcal mixed
with boiled vegetables This, with the
grain ut noon and NJ night, and an &C
easioral ie,a of ground scraps and green
stutf, as vahbagcs cut up, or onions and
turnips chopped tine, will, ~ n rule
keep your birds in first rate condition,
continuously. An, loutrg iud.
TuE Cow ANn lIER Fuon, NJ annual
moro fully utiliaes food than tho cow
A larger proportion of tho food taken
into the stomach is converted hy the
physical economy Of the COW into val
nc than is the case With any other AM
NAL. This value Is represented Ivy the
milk, butter and cheese which are pro
ducod from the COW, and II is simply
natural result. Nature has made the
COW for the production ot milk, which
il drawn from the blood, and It must
necessarily follow that there must he in
Il healthy COW n very rapid and com
plrtr conversion of food into blood.
Tho demands Of this part of the hoyinc
economy arc ia addition 10 the demands
of the rest of the system, which are the
same III all animals In the cow and in
the steer the blood must fwrnish the
bone, muscle and every other purt of
the general organization, hut in tho coM
it must furnish, III addition to this, the
milk, and this Increased demand upon
the blood makes u more complete CON
sumption of the food certain, Nature
ALWAYS takes care of herself If She Is
permitted to do ~, II She hns any
thing "a do, she Will do il, and do il
without waste, if not intcrlcrcd with
The food taken into the stomach of the
COW is taken up hy nature and exhaust
ed III the Cndcayor tn supply the cgcncml
and succial demands Of the system. II
Is this principle that makes thc drop
pings of the steer SO much more vallA
able than those of the COW u fpct Uni
versally recognized The estccr has only
flesh to draw from the blood, IN addi
tion to the usual requirements Of the
system. and much ol the food is very
reasonably uncouvcrted Ii IN interest
ing, however, to compare the utlilatlon
Of food hy the COW and the steer, hy
way of Observing the difference III the
value of the products of the two, IL
has been frequently demonstrated that
the same quantity of food given to n
COW and II steer Of equal weight, will
result III greater profit III favor Of tho
COW. The steer gains in flesh; the cow
gains nothing in flesh, but her profits
resulting from her feeding are entirely
III the Weld OF her milk, and in this shr
considerably exceeds the profits Of the
steer. II will, therefore, be sccn thnt
the COW MS n food consumer is II most
profitable animal ON the iarm. What.
ever the farm has IN the way of feed
can thus hc utilized for all IL il possibly
worth, hcpumpkins mangolds, sugar
hccts, carrots roots, are not only avail
able as food, but they are ust 10 much
stock in trade the valuation Of which
il almost rs certain ns the COW herself
| There ia very much Of ono thing and
another lying about which could thus be
made somewhat valuable, and which
could be- made valuable Cnly in this
way. We are now writing 10 the farmer
who makes no prctcnse to dnlrylng ~ "
! business, or ns Il science. We wish
simply to show the average farmer thnt
his COW isa mill to which he can take
lanythng that contains the clements OF
lnourshmcnt for 4 COW, and have i
ground into very profitable grlSt u
tho largest and best results of feeding
nre the object, care must necessarily be
taken in the selection Of the food and
the care Of tho animal, IL does not
make much difference What the COW II
fed upon if il is sufficient to keep her
/ in flesh If flesh is produced. milk will
bc produced But the general farmer
is not Ms anxious To oachicyo the best rc
suits ii dairying as ho IL to keep hiS
stock to the best advantage upon what
he has to feed it with; and this being
true, he requires 10 be reminded that
ia order 10 create demand for the
supply of food which he mny have, u
II necessary that lie keeps his animal
IN as good condition rs kind treatment
can produce. This creates mn appetite,
and appetite will satisfy itself on what
eyer may be offered lIcavn Rtrat.