The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-09-16
Stock Raising.

Stock Raising.
AS stock raising is beginning to at
tract some attention in Minnesota.
it is we'll that those who contemplate
making Il beginning in this direction
should be acquainted with the very
root of necessary management in Or
der to achieve success. We take
the following remarks from the pen
Of R. R. Slosson. in the Western Ru-
Tul:
FEEDING STEERS.
':As 4 matter of course every farm
er who feeds steers, feeds for profit.
not for fun. for if our observation ard
experience is worth anything, there
is considerable work and care about
it, and when you only get back the
cash value Of your corn for feeding
them, it don't look us though one
would banker after feeding more at
the same lay. Many a lot has been
fed with this result. and owing prob
ably.to several circumstances which
the feeder had not taken cognizancc
of. In the first place, if he raised
them from calves they never were
worth raising, or he failed to i'm
prove their constitution by good care.
shelter and feeding the first winter.
(,,t& I, Il + 1ox 4,ri
ing growing steers, he should have
sold them the first opportunity,
and replaced them with good ones of
the same age. Some buy calves in
the fall for want of money to buy two
or three year-olls, or because they
fancy they can make the most
money from raising them. Which is
the most profitable age to buy depends
on the quality Of the stock, the age
to be marketed. etc. We believe that
two or three vear-old steers can be
bought in the fall while the grass is
yet pretty good. ut {; price which will
pay about ten dollars profit. after de-
ducting expenses. But to feed steers
ut all protitably. u good barn is needed.
well hattened, the animals we'll bed
ded down every night, and curried off
every morning. Now. we beg Of you
not to fool away your time feeding
corn in the ear. but shell your corn
and grind it, or carry it to the grist
mill and have it ground into meal.
Tie up every one, and only let them
out into the yard to drink twice Il day.
Feed them good. sweet hay, and if
there are any Indications of acidity Of
the stomach. put /, handful Of wood
ashes into their meal. When you be-
gin to feed. don't begin as though
you expected them to fat just as you
wish. but with moderate feeds, grad
ual1y increased-but you should never
crowd too hard lest they get IL back
set which will take them u week to
get over. II you observe closely, you
will find that some steers will eat Il
third more than others, and hold to
their appetite better. In fact. the
feeder wants to learn the natural
physiology of each creature to be able
to feed to the very best advantage.
4 nervous eNcitaEle steer is not
us profitable to feed as Il lynn
phatic one with broad deep
chest. for this last is seldom disturbed
much by anything-he feeds we'll,
slecps we'll, and fats well. The eX-
perienced feeder notes: as far as prac-
ticable. the temperament OF animals
he buvs for feeding. and is pretty
certain to be we'll paid for his pains
in selection. In fatting steers there
;s more than a months difference be-
tween feeding meal and corn III the
car. and the meal fed steer is actually
fatter with the months feeding than
the ear fed one at four months. and
has eaten not two-thirds as much corn.
Feeding corn in the ear out OF doors
TO steers that are roaming over the
farm is not much better than throw
ing nearly half of it into the mud to
be lost altogether. Now, we have