The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-20
AGRICULTURAL.

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ID Winter Feeding and iShelteT.-Ther
us IS no single matter in the care {
10 stock OF more Importance than Winte
feeding and protection, none NOR
= eaIelessly attended to by many VIII
J" call themselves good farmers, but WI
= would be above the suspicion O
= cruelty in any degree, so far as bodil,
injury to the stock is concerned, Yet
: in travelling over the country how
ls many herds do We see lily provided
y with shelter, and whose owners seen
= to think they have amply provided
for the comfort of their stock, when
} they have assured their feeding twice
q day with hay, with the privilege OIL
{ running to the straw stacks, and
being driven to water once a day.
1t is trle stock Wintered ID this
way, will come through winter with
, life lett, even in severe seasons. They
will In mild winters como through in
passsbly fair store flesh, but they
; have lost, not only the flesh and fat
gained the preceding summer, but the
succeeding summers growth cannot
commence until the stock which has
received proper food, water and shell
ter during the winter will nave been
far advanced in growth.
We believe, in a country so rich in
grain, and ct the low prics at which
1t sells on western farms. that i'll
never pays to let an animal lose what
liz has gained during the summer.
With such shelter as any farmer may
oResply provide, even be it but q
rough frame OF poles covered with
slough hay, the sides boarded and
banked, cattle will indeed shrink in |
weight during the first part of the
winter, yet this ia not 90 much loss
OF flesh as a shrinking of the fluids OF
the body, never go profuse in winter
as IN the summer. This shrinkage
in fluids is soon gained upon the APP
proach of soft weather, and mean
time the animals may bs thriving
and growing if liberal allowance of
grain be given, and to the profit OF
the feeder. Two animals, alike in
every respect, one allowed to winter
itself, will have eaten its head off at
the end of five years, while the other,
we'll fed from the tins it is a cali,
will weigh heavier and bring far more
money at less cost at three years
past" than the other at Five years
past"
During the summer the young
animal, especially, requires q large
amount OF salt, compared to that of
winter. This however is a varying
quantity ct all seasons go that no def
mite rule can be laid down as to
quantity. It should always be kept
where the animals eau take it at will.
There is no saier or better guide than
the appetite OF the animals. The
same is true o. water. Il should be
so provided that the stock can take it !
when they want it. Certainly they
should have access to il at least twice
3 day in winter. t
Experience has shown that tenn I
perature of about co. ia most favor l
able TOR fattening animals when the
best results are to be reached. When Q
the temperature sinks much below I
50o in the stable, a correspOndit &
shrirkage will be found in the am g
NAL. To keep up the animal heat
more and richer food must be given h
or else the system is depleted. Hence
our feeders use every means to make 1
their stables as comfortable as pos. b
sible not keeping 1t at co. it lie true, Il
but to as nea- an approach to this
as ia practicable. There
Is nothing that better conduces to
uniformity OF temperature in stables |
and sheds than building in a pretty +
thick grove, or else giving them the T
protection of close shelter belts. \
With the protection of shelter belt, o
sheds that will turn wind and rain, Il
with liberal use of straw for bed G
ling, cattle all over the prairie region
Of the west will go through the winter
in fine condition and come out in the
spring fully as heavy as they went
into winter quarters. In favorable
by proper feeding, they may
be made to grow right along. With 4
cheap corn and unlimited stacks of a
hay and straw many western farmers -
think it does not pay to give stock "
much shelter. The shelter pays fully Z
as well where animals are fully fed as 4
where they are indiHerently fed, as s
our best feeders know. Those who 1
make the least money on their stock 9
are those who feed aud shelter badly. ;,
In no section OF the country will this
apply with more force than in the
west, with its great stretches OF
prairie, where the wind has as full
swesp almost as upon the ocean. 1t
is the force OF the wind that most h
seriously Injuries stock in winter by b
Glowing the animal heat away from n
the body, which no amount of air can a
conserve. On the other hand in Q
still atmosphere, even at extremely
low temperatures, the animal may
remain comparatively comiC rtable.
This it is more than anything else
that calls for the waImest possible >;
shelter for stock all over the prairie n
region of the northwest, the west and !
the southwest. 1t is worth taking :
into careful consideration.-Pr Z
Farmer. \
Feed and Shelter for SHeep.-
Which is the best feed for sheep in the q
winter, ard the best fixtures for shelter =
ing them from the cold? d. h. W.
Coed sound hay with bright straw =
as to the rough feed. So far as grain
is concerned, corn is the cheapest, :
and, as 8 rule, the best, fed shelled 4
and without grinding. Fer a change .
give them oats. Sheep usually grind =
their food so thoroughly that grind
ing is not economical, nor is it prac-
ticed except som etimes for finishing
them in fatting. {
Well.ventilated close sheds or barns /
are better for keeping sheep. These
should be go arranged that the sheep
may be graded, ewes. Ismbs, we.hers 5
ami rams by themselves, and pro- 5
vided with proper facilities fer iced |
ing. Not more than twenty-five or
thirty sheep should be kept in one :
com partment. Prairie Turner.