The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-01-10

f Mr.. William Webster, on Saturday
4th, and discussed the subject of feeding
g Altering stock.
lebster thought stocko all kinds SHOULD
fed in winter, evenchickens, as they
then require less feed and you can save
Snure. Feeds his steers all they will ca
= gallons of ground feed each per day
\ fdck he feeds from 10 IL quarts, morn
light. IL Is poor policy TO let young
.ss@pf In winter. Would not sell hay, a
a,,s ~ prices, if he could feed it to stock
Ms, ~ IS tterit too many are not kept togeth
, N Lochary agreed with Mr.. Webster al
5 Tue importance of housing stock. Cattle
xept in the stable take less feed and you can also
save the manure and haul it where you want it
Too much meal should not be given, for If over
fed they will not eat well for more than month
Feeding stock is a part of farming that every
man should do for himself. As to raising young
n stock he lets some run with the cows and raises
!. some by hand. Gives meal as soon as he can
get them to eat 1t, and as much as they will eat
Prefers corn meal mixed with unground OATS
y At months old would give them say pint
\ Feeds also good clover hay. Does not like cob
Nmeal for cattle, and winters his steers on fodder
! and straw alone.
Iacob Webster also thought cattle ought to be
MN Rtered in warm place. Feeds on cob meal
n A.yNg the winter gradually increasing the feed
Az sSfrom one to two gallons to each steer per
s6til the grass is high enough and then
NJ * S.hem out to fatten on grass TO his calves
y siom to 9months old he feeds daily one
rsgS of corn and oats ground together, with
hay. They thrive we'll
y Xxx Gmn Silver, Dr., said he believed in keep
kything full, but the mode of feeding
~ flring winter would depend upon the time
icy wefete be sold. IL they were to 60 off early
4 ould commence 10 feed meal early. Would
/ ped - gallons of cob meal to each steer every
J forming. The cob meal he considered better on
\ tcount of the bulk. Cut fodder is better for
~ attic than whole fodder, and it does not take
n much. The farmer should take the super
70 ision of his cattle himself and not trust to
theirs.
William F. Hays feeds his cattle very heavily
meal three times day-early in the morning,
IL O'Clock and at in the afternoon. They
\ hould have shelter and should be put up early.
'ob meal is better than the pure meal, as it aids
igestion Cuts his fodder and gives his cattle
much as they will eat. Feeds no hay until
ate in the spring. Gives salt twice a week and
sulphur once week regularly. In feeding
calves, if you want to make u good steer YOU
should feed high all the time.
s. Martin Bayless said he does not stall feed nor
stable his cattle, but allows them to run in The
btable yard all winter. Feeds corn and cob meal
= through the winter, but in the spring feeds corn
meal alone. Never cuts his fodder. Last wiuip,
he fol little corn to his steers, and in he sprir
turned them on clover, giving Il EN- Il little bran
Afterwards turned them on old pasture. Gives
salt every day in vii ter.
DIR j. b. Webster said he had once fed yoke
OF oxen on ground corn anu oats sculded, am
tuey Improved Tuplu!y. lie deprecated The use
of corn and cob meal, and especially would not
use it after Christmas. Had traced the death of
several cattle TO the use of cob meal. Corn cubs
are good for fuel and good for manure but not
fit for food. He thought farmers had lost cattle
enough by not stabling them in winter to pro-
vide shelter for all of them,
William ID. Lee feeds cob meal to stock and
stables all of them. Stock should have a small
quantity of grain, but full feeding of grain is not
'-|i'aa9sssaTy.
! tile in the field and the remainder in the stable
10 the latter he is giving oats, cob and corn
ground together. Believes in the old Scotch say
ing, that the owner should feel his cattle every
day, If he would have them thrive. He uses up
his fodder in the fall and early winter to get It
into manure. Later he uses hay. Does not feed
to tatten. Cattle should, however, be kept i'm
proving and if fodder will not do it, give them
grain. In feeding in the field gives one bundle
of fodder to each steer twice day. In very
severe weather feeds more. In stall feeding cattle
you should get the best. The difference in first
cost is only about one cent pound, and the next
summer the difference will be just the same
Good cattle will put on 20 per cent more weight
than common ones But for cattle to be turned
out into the barn yard, commoner ones will do
better than well bred cattle. If he fed meal once
q day, would feed in the evening, but would pre-.
fer TO divide the quantity and feed three times
day. 1t Is not well to keep cattle in too warm
u stable.
George Il. Glasgow stables his cattle and feeds
- to each steer cob meal on chaf at night. Gives
them hay i'll the stable and long fodder in the
yard Feeds his cattle one gallon of meal day
now, but will increase it later in the winter
Sows half gallon of plaster over his barn yard,
once week. Hauls out the manure in May,
spreading it as 1t is hauled. Would prefer to
cut his TO oder. Allows his cattle to run in the
yard to feed on fodder. Some years ago, during
u cold winter, he fed some cattle in the stable on
meal and some in the field on corn. He could
not tell which were the better.
James Lee said the first thing he does in the
morning is to give his cattle cut fodder. After
breakfast they are turned out into the barn yard
short time, until they are watered. In the
middle of the day, not quite gallon of corn
and cob meal, with chaf or oat straw, is given
10 each steer. Later in the winter will give them
meal and hay in the evening also. Meal should
not be ground too fine. He is testing the rela-
tive properties of coarse and fine meal now In
one stable the cattle have been fed on fine meal
and some are getting off their feed. In another
stable, where they have had coarse meal, all are
doing well. Young stock are allowed to run to
the stack all the time, and fed on cob meal, oats
and hay.
Thomas A. Hays said all stock should be well
housed and well cared for. Turns the cattle out
in the morning while the stable is being cleaned
Feeds COWS two-thirds bran and one-third meal
on one peck of roots cut up. II would pay every
farmer to raise roots, especially mangold wurt-
zels, for cows. large crop can be raised to the
acre. They can be kept in cellar. They should
be planted about the middle of April, ON light
ground, or If on sod ground it should be plowed
early and replowed. Two pounds of seed is
sufficient for an acre. Believes 1t is economical
to cut fodder for cattle.
Major A. M. Hancock advocated the planting
of the white sugar beet, 400 bushels of which,
he said, could be raised on AZ acre, in favorab e
season. The seed should be planted in ridges.
Ruta bagas are one of the best and cheapest
things you can raise for stock cattle, but they
are not good for cows, as they impart an I'M
pleasant taste to the milk. The sugar beet never
does. 1t is a mistake to plant beets early. The
beginning of June is The proper time Last year
he tried both imported seed and the common
variety. The imported seed produced the best
sugar beets. Ruta baga seed should be sowed
about the goth of June. Cattle fed on ruta bugas
alone, without hay, gain in flesh. He thought
cut fodder best, and that there is as much oi
more actual nutrmrht in the stalk than in the
leaves. If the fodder is thrown out whole, cattle
will eat only the blades, but if cut they will Gu
the whole of it. Farmers, also, should cook or
steam food for cattle. 1t would do more good
r. Harris Archer said the main question in
wintering stock in any particular way, is does it
pay? steer might feel better in a nice warm
stable, but will pay? He had realized more
solid money from cattle fed out in the field than
from cattle kept in stables. The manure, of
course, Is. lost, to a great extent, if cattle are
wintered out, but whether ii pays indirectly to
keep them stabbed is the question He did not
* cattle ought to be stabbed before the mid.
of January. They should then be fed lightly
IN grain till the middle of April. Then put
them on grass. They will be ready for sale by
the last of July or the LIST of September, and
there will be more money in them than by sta.
bling early and feeding grain heavily. Would
not recommend feeding cattle out in the field all
winter.
George E. Silver was in favor of taking good
care Of stock during winter. 1t pays to Keep
them stabbed, or enclosed They should be well
fed and enough stock should be kept to eat up
all the rough feed. Farmers who have the most
cattle have the best land. If he only had few
cattle he would not put them in stalls, but would
give them plenty of rough food in the barn yard
Not much is saved by cutting fodder, although