Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-25
Feeding OF Calves.

| 10 Winter and early sprlnR C lives req lite good
feed-eVen better than yssrlrgs. They soud
| have the best of early cut tay, or, what is stll
better, roWen-a few roo:s every day-a
| little cotton or llnssed meal Or, what is prefer
aoIe Tor Gait. mx ure ct tr.o, grouud 90
! aod lndlan m' al, made into gru and mix d
"lth sklm- nl K. I've calves we'll fed till GRASS
| c)mes vii! bs worth moro next fail than three
| calves poorly fed io winter and spring. A cru i
as described above s eXcallent for sIring calves,
and It also pays TO keep them ia LITTLE eocio.
sure duiIng the summer, feediog them with il at
| least oEo3 day during thas sessop. The edl.
| TOR OF the Maine Farm r, 10 glylog de. Grin.
tlon OF COW be has fed on cotton seed N .a
%blch, notwltts aodiDg the cold weather n
January, gave not far from four gallons Of milk
p'r dsy, or llO beer gallons. says, 'the greater
part OF which Was sJlG at the Augusta House.
at twenty cents per gallon, and 1T hat r.te her
product tor January was worth S22 7 h, cost
OF Der keeping Was approx Dstely s. IL, sud
the profit tor The month. $l4 81. We consider
that the CT sslng paid for all the trouble. Her
yield thus 10 February has averaged fourteen
quar.s per Day 90 the ratio given below.
No have fed cotton SEED meal 10 our single
COW Tor several years, and always with good
results. We consider the objections which
many raise against it entirely upfoundsd. 1t
has been OILED a driving feed and so
1t Is; and all iced is driving ard fore np'
10 proportion to It's nutritiVe valae. No
person who Understood the matter would
thl, CT giving rs much cot!on.seed meal, with
Its IS per cent OF protein, as he would of corn
meal, with only per cent. any more thsn be
would !hink OF tatlng ss many ounces of besns
with 70 per cent. Of protein, as be would of pots
toes WIN only per cant: and yet nobody oh
)ecls to oesns ss al article Of diet on account cf
their forcing and driving qualities. In prop
er quantity they are not only highly nutritious
but wholesome, and the best army ration in the
world. 80 with cotton seed meal; given in too
large quantity, and in connection with other
rich feeding slufs, 1t over stimulates, inducing
lever and loss ut appetite But in proper GUAM
tlty, and especially in connection with straw
poor hay or roots, it is excellent feed as we
sumo much more Of it with IN ounity th.n cows
that sre dry, or than other stock, and we hsyu
proved that 1t largely increases the e oW Of milk,
At Or esent prices it is far the chespest feed now
in the market" He adds: "Wehave continued
the te d ottwo quarts OF cotton seed meal per
rsy since the trkt Of November. and sir c. the
first If Janusry have increased the shorts from
iCur to SIX quarts per day. at noon we have
generally ted q half peck of either potatoes. eu.
gar oeets or sweet apples, and fitesn pounds of
nay OF fair quality per day. Some times we
have given two quarts Of corn meal at noon in
stead fthe roots but have fed out less tn an one
hundred pounds of corn meal since the first of
Nov ember. The approximate value of her
daily ration has been twenty three cents"