The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-03-18
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as to the best food for poultry. Most
persons recommend soft food of various
! kinds-all sorts Of maalmade into dough
are recommended as wholesome food
for poultry The same food Is recom-
mended as egg-producing to degree
far above whole grain Of various kinds:
Many, seemingly otherwise good
poultry experts, are among the advo-
! Gates of soft food.-sI am quite often on
the unpopular side of the argument,
Still claim credit for always writing
as near to facts as possible In giving
tberesults of feeding soft food, many
persons will differ with me in my con-
clusions, when / affirm that, from
practical tests, am quite. Convinced
that poultry needs, and to be healthy
must have, hard food. / have fed soft
food in every possible form; with pep
per of all kinds, and without; with pot
liquor, and without; with greese, and
/ without. have begun feeding it sud-.
denly. and gradually; / have fed it in all
weathers have carefully noted the re-
suits, and found them unfayorable
beyond doubt. have lost more of
my best stock from diarrhea, caused by
such food, and had more sickness caused
by its use than from all other causes.
A large fancy poultry breeder and ex-
hibitor has Just paid me a visit, while /
sat at my desk, writing this. told him
my subject. He said g That's right;
such has been, my,sad experience in soft
feeding, and 1 am quite satisfied that
gailinaceous fowls require hard food
OF course l do not mean that an occa-
sional soft mess will be conducive of
harm But do mean that the true
food of our domestic poultry must be of
hard nature to keep the flock in q
good, healthy condition. In addition
to my own experience, I have paid much
attention to other extensive poultry
breeders, and have discovered invari-
ably an unhealthy condition where soft
food is much fed. A change Of food is
essential to good condition. Charcoal,
burnt bones, sand, SALT, onions, cab
bage, potatoes, ETC., are quite good for
general health, and consequently. for
eggs also.-Wht. Horne, " s., IN Coarl-
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III SPRING CARE OF DAIRY COWS. !.
Dairymen are looking for quick re-
turns, and many of them are not willing
to wait for the results of good feeding
They are doubtful about trusting the
COW for two or three months for extra
winter feed, fearing it will not be, re-
funded. They are too often unwilling
to give liberal ration even for the
, month before calving. As the COW is
: not giving milk, they think it sufficient
: to feed enough to keep her from losing
flesh rapidly. If they quite understood
the rationale of milk production they
j would have the greatest confidence in
the cow as savings bank for surplus
food. A good COW can always be trusted
l to repay with liberal interest all the
extra food she can, digest during the
7 time she goes dry. Such q cow is usu.
8 ally thin after a season of milking, and
? unless she is fed so literally as to recover
q her leshy condition, she will not give
her full quantity of milk. Every dairy
r man is familiar with the fact that gooe
\ cow, coming in in full flesh, will mill
!. down thin unless literally fed during the
+ milking season. They ought to see from
this that the extra flesh is laid up in win
ter to be withdrawn during the sum
: mer Every pound of extra fesl
! ! represents about one gallon of milk, t
! be drawn during summer. If two COW;
of equal milking quality are taken, tn,
q one poor and the other in good flesh Oh
coming in milk, and both placed in
n good pasture, the one in good condition
u viii be likely to yield a. gallon of mill
n in excess of the other, during the sea
a son, for every pound of extra flesh sh
e possesses over the other. If dairymel
would make such accurate observation
g upon the effect of condition upon mile
e cows-as they have every opportunit
" to do-they would require no argumen
Y to induce them to feed their dry COW
: most literally The dairyman who ha
not fed his cows as well as his interes
r required during the early part Of tn
q winter, should do what he can TO re
cover his lost ground, by feeding judi
= ciously during the few weeks left. ]
. being so near calying time, he should b
" cautious about giving food of too heat
ing a nature. Corn meal alone shout
o not be given, if that can be avoided
70 and, if nothing else is at hand,
N should be fed upon cut hay, so a
II to. have it thoroughly mixed wit
y fibrous food before entering the stom
" ach. Corn and oats, ground together
ID one bushel Of, corn to. two of oats
makes one of the best foods for dr.
Of COWS. The food most needed by tn
20 COW at this season is such as will bull
% up her muscular system, and re-invig
" crate her vitality. The food should b
10 rich in phosphate of lime; for she j
10 often depleted of this during the mill
ID ing period, so as to render her bone
~ spongy; and the diseases that affliC
e. COWS in spring are usually occasione
N by the poverty of the food given throug
e. the winter. Cows that are fed upo
T. good clover hay during winter, usual
recover their vigor, because clover
h, rich in muscle forming matter and pho:
phate of lime. Oats, peas, wheat bran
and oil-meal are all rich in phosphat
n of lime, and are excellent to give th
COW renewed vitality during hernoi
III tactical PERIOD Care must be taken
IA give lrneal in very small quantity ;
this period, as the time Of calving az
proaches and especially if it has NJ
a been given through the winter; yet or
oil pint per day through the whole .periO
lg Of going dry viii assist very MATERIAL
le in keeping the COW in health; and
to often prevents the evil effect of dry, il
p nutritious fodder. When given throug
to Pthe winter, we have never known in
at FACTION of the manifolds. Oats an
as bran, mixed together, viii be excellel
,g food at this period; and if this foe
10 is continued o after sealEing, 1t vi
e. help to establish a good yield