Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-19
Economy in Feeding Farm Stock.

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"a paper & read a. meetings Of the Board of Agricu
Roardl u 0''n"Ai'' member OF ii
But few farmers in Vermont are exclu
siyely grain and vegetable producers
Nearly all our farmers keep more or les
stock, and the question how to feed tbi,
stock from fodder grown on the farm. O,
that purchased, to produce the best results
Is one OF vital importance. Farmers should
produce all the good meadow and clover
nay possible, but mixed farming gives hin
more or less coarse fodder, straw, corn
stalks, and some seasons damaged hav
tnese contain a certain amount of nutri
ment: Too few farmers understand bew
TO utilize these poor foods, and feed. in
connection with the good, in proper mix
lures, to produce the best results. To
farm successfully, farmers of Vermont
should improve their methods of feedino
breeder of any kind of farm stock to he
successful. must observe certain principIes
OF breeding, but there are also certain
principles of feeding that are lust as neo.
essary for him to follow. Breedino and
teedlng go hand in hand to produce the
most perfect animals. No breed of ami
mails can reach high degree of excellence
without an abundance of suitable food
ted IN right proportions. Farm stock
Will degenerate under adverse circnm
stances, starvation, exposure. General
neglect, as rapidly as anv nroducte
OF the farm will on poor soil and b.J
cultivation. Animals upon the farm 40
pending on the owner for food and care
VIII Just as certainly carry the marks of
proper feeding as if they were bred in
breeding. i'''' '''''' VI
The two objects of agriculture aro the
production of plants and animals, They
are both composed of the same material
IN nearly the same proportions. We can
grow plants without animals, but not
animals without plants. The difference
between vegetable and animal life is
plants are able by the force inherent in
them, and by the force which exists in tho
suns rays, to build up from materials in
SOIL and air complex compounds, while
animals iack this power and are Obliged
70 avail themselves of the compounds
ALREADY formed by the plants. The plant
STORES up certain amount of force. the
animal takes this force and uses it. The
Two processes supplement each other; the
Whole Is complete circle, the living mi
mai taking the plant and using it for the
h. materials In its own body, to produce
gong on IN the body. These materials
used to build up the animals are constantly
losing by radiation, and are finally ex-
creted from the body and 90 to build up
more pants. Animals are kept for three
PurpoSes-to produce labor, to produce
iood' ana to produce the raw material for
each requiring different
Elnd' amount, and quality of food. The
farmer should understand the materials
available as food, and also the adaption
OF the materials for the purposes for
which he raises and feeds bis animals
lie should understand the processes of
circulation, respiration, and the
proouction OF flesh, fat, wool, milk, butter
and cheese. '"''oA
When we speak Of fodder, or feeding
stun, we mean those plants that contain
all the nutrients, in proper proportion to
build up the animal organism. Tho ma.
are classed as nitrogenous and non
" The nitrogenous materials I
are all albuminoids, such as albumen,
represented by the white of an eggl
1prin; represented by lean meat) casein,
Ihe OASIS OF cheese) and others of less
Importance. All the albuminoids are
1amed IN the following chart, protein.
Froteln furnishes the substance Of bone.
1orns, hoofs, tendons, muscles. nerves
can meat, skin, hair and wool, and also
mares in the production of heat and force,
The non nitrogenous materials, such as
'tarch and sugar, are classed rs carbo-
lydrates. Carbohydrates are transformed
mo iats to slight extent; they serve for
uel to heat the body, and also aid in pro.
Iucing muscular force.
FEEDING STUFtS.
The average result of some twelve
hundred analyses of the composition,
lgestlplllty, and money value as given
y Dr. Wolff for Germany, 1880: