The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-03
AGRICULTURE

FEEDING BRAN Win MRAL.-For win
ter feeding, where cattle are kept In
stalls and heavily fed, there Is no bet
ter dlvisOr for corn meal than wheat
bran, It IL also cheap, and furnishes
what the corn meal lacks. WheE cattle
are fed On corn meal as the principal
food for fattening, it Is apt TO cloy II
fed In too large quantities, hence our
best feeders are In the habit Of using
bran as the cheapest and best means for
rendering the meal fed more digestible.
In this each feeder must use discretion
as to the proper quantity TO be used.
One-quarter of the bulk OF feed In bran
TO three-quarters Of corn meal may be
taken as a good general rule, to be var
led according to circumstances. For
working-horses fed on cut-feed, this
proportion will also be found TO be near
ly right. For horses doing fast work,
oats fed whole are of course the best
possible feed. In winter, for driving
horses, about one quarter the weight
Of the feed may be good sound corn,
mixed with the oats. Where bran Is
cheap, and 1t usually is so In the West,
IL will be found a valuable adjunct for
dairy cows In the winter, In connection
with corn meal. These will be found
as among the most valuable Of any used,
In proportion to the cost, for making
milk Ia winter. That there is no long
or doubt as 10 the value of corn, or its
manufactured product, corn meal, as
among the very best of the materials
either for fattening or for animals at
work, we have the evidence of most re-
spectacle authorities both at home and
abroad. Feeders In all our large stables
agree now pretty generally as to the
value of Indian corn, either In the grain
or ground. Feeders now generally
agree upon this; and especially for
working stock. Nevertheless we should
not lose sight Of the value Of bran. 1t
should find a place in every stable,
whether the stable contains fattening
stock, workers or young things being
raised for future usefulness.
To MAKE HENs LAY.-Put two or
more quarts of water in a kettle, and
n large pepper, or two small ones,
then put the kettle over the fire. When
the water boils, stir in coarse Indian
meal until you have a thick mush. Let
It cook an hour or so; feed hot. Horse
radish chopped fine and stirred into
mush as prepared in the above direc.
tons, and for results we are getting
results we are getting from five to ten
eggs per day, whereas previous to feed
Ing, we had not had eggs for a long
time We hear a good deal Of COM
plants from other people abont getting
eggs. To such wewould warmly recon-
mend cooked feed, fed hot. Boiled
apple skins, seasoned with red pepper,
or boiled potatoes, seasoned with horse
radish, are good for feed, much better
than uncooked food. Corn, when fed
to the hen by itself has a tendency to
fatten rather than produce the more
profitable egg laying. A spoonful of
sulphur, stirred with their feet OCCASION
ally, will rid them of vermin and tone
up their system. 1t is especially good
for young chickens or turkeys. Out of
q flock of ten haCched last November
we have lost but one. They have been
fed with cooked food mostly, and are
growing finely.
WHAT A Boy DID.-In the report of
the poultry committee in the Nassachu-
sets Board Of Agriculture W. find an
account of a youth who, two or three
years ago, "took 1t into his head" to
keep fowls at a profit, and this is what
ne did: With his own hands he built
a moderate sized hennery which i'm
proved his mechanical ability, purchas-
ed a small number OF fowls and took
care OF them while attending school and
doing his proportion of the "chores."
In about a year and a half he cleared,
after paying for everything his fowls
consumed, $40, and yet he spent no
more time with his fowls than most Of
his schoolmates did in their amusements
which brought them nothing, and with
out doubt caring for his pets gave him
as much satisfaction as anything else
could have done. He made his money
simply by having a regular daily sys-
tenn Of cleanliness, and feeding those
few fowls, and properly caring for
their eggs and increase.
A SINGULAR chemical change Is some
times affected by the mixing of the
cream of a full milch cow with one we'll
along with calf; or if it is not a chemi-
cal change, what is IL? The cream, as
above indicated, has been churned hour
after hour for a whole day with no APP
pearance of producing butter, and final
ly abandoned as a hopeless case, but
upon withdrawal of the cream of the
COW In calf, the other would make but.
ter with no difficulty.