Ellsworth American., 1880-10-07

No animals do well for any great length
Of time on any ono article for food. The
natural condition OF all our domes,ieaied
animals is 10 roam a; large and make their
own selections from the abundan; varieties
which nature has provided. We frequently
speak and write Of the exoellen; feeding
qualities Of one or another variety Of fod-
der but in the experience Of feeding il will be
found that in the first change from one kind
20 another We have an increase OF milk. al
though the change may no, AWAY. be in
favor Of the mos, nutrition. A nev variety
sempts the appetite. and the extra quantity
which the animal consumes Will more than
compensate for its less nutritious character.
1t is generally said for horse that is work
ng in heavy teams corn isprefcrable 10
oats. .bu, for driving or riding horse oats are
better than corn. With thi. statement we
disagree and prefer = mixture. Oats pro-
duec more muscle, corn more fat 4 horse
fed on oats is quicker in its motions and
more restiye. but fed on corn is sieadier and
more enduring, hence the benefit Of mixed
feed
Nowhere is the advantage Of a mixed
feed more apparen, than in mich COWS. for.
milk being product iha; requires a fair
proportion Of all the elements required for
the production Of an animal. il Is evident
tha; all the element. will be necessary for
making milk But sometimes ve make
special effor, 10 produce an extra amount
OF butter; then ~e mus; feed an extra
amour, Of food which contains an excess Of
oil or fat; We and II we are feeding the
best Of hay. If ve add little meal We do
no, increase the quantity Of milk 80 much
as the quantity Of butter. The German
chemists have for some timf been teaching
US that TO obtain the bes, results in feeding
We mus, have the supply Of carbohydrates
fiat and hea; producer.l and albuminoids
| (hesh producers) so evenly balanced that
one shall consume the other in the animal
economy. though this csnno; always be
prasticable on account Of the different con-
ditions Of the animals. One that is being
fat;ened will consume a larger portion Of
carbohydrates than of albuminoids, and the
latter will be found making richer the ma
nure pile. although food is furnished large
ly in excess Of fai-produoing material In
growing animals aesh and bone producers
should be in ascendancy, and in mich COWS,
as already stated. the elements should be
well balanced. The evidence that no one
production Of nature is all tha; is required
in the animal economy is furnished in the
fac, ,ha; no one production is adapted to all
the requirements Of the animals or all that
is required from the animal.
No person has any higher appreciation Of
rye and corn fodder than the experienced
feeder. Yet we do not think that these
fed alone are equal TO mixture. Rye 10
valuable because il comes when it is desira-
bic for the cows to have change; but there
is awonderful difference between the i'd
dition Of few quarts Of brewers grain and
. quar-, Of bran. mixed, and pin, of meal
in the production of milk. We are eompen-
ed to feed rye alone because no other for.
age crop 10 available, or We would not do it.
1--we could have . mixture Of barley. oats
and clover With the rye. We should have Z
superior fodder. Pasture grsss, or rsths,
grasses, excel, ton for ton, either rye, barley
oats, clover, corn fodder, or any like crops
because pastures yield . combination o.
|, grasses, oil varying in their composition
and in their time Of maturity but the diff
ference 10 this, that We can obtain . ton o.
any Of the fodder crops from less than one
tenth Of the ground required for the pasture
grasses. Still, it 10 undesirable to feed any
/ one forage crop when We could feed three
. or four mixed, or alternately. A mixture o
grasses make more profitable hay than any
one kind. Clover and peas are good to d
ternate with corn fodder. Clover, which il
rich in albuminoids, will produce . largs
quantity Of milk Sweet corn fodder is ricf
I in sugar. starch, and fat, and viii add to tn.
. milk the butter and sugar elements, and SC
on. But We have said enough to illustrat,
our position as to mixed feed being best fol
animals. lAmerieas Cultirasor.