Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-06
], W. SASB0RS.

Broadly stated, there are five cardinal
points we are compelled TO observe in the
east in economic beef production. These
are, good steers, warm quarters, thought.
full food combinations arranged with some
reference to manure value, and early ma
turity. Not without much observation !
affirm our eastern cattle are of too low a
type. Experience teaches me that as
distinguished from the scrub. the good
steer, we'll bred grade even of the larger
breeds, is better feeder Of the so-calIed
coarse foods-stray, swale hay and corn
fodder-.han the poorer sorts 50 often
handled to consume the hard fare OF the
farm. A beast Of this sort will not only
eat better, but thrive better Oh these foods
than the scrub, provided he has enough,
and this enough becomes more produc
tive per pound eaten. This enough"
makes the difference between the early
matured and the later matured steer. The
steer turned at two years, weighing l,20U
pounds, eats maintenance folder for two
years less than steer weighing 1920
pounds, turned at four years. The main.
tenance fodder for 1000 pound steer is
about is pounds OF hay day according
to my tests. Thus the good steer I fad IS
not only my most accomplishing eater.
but the earliest turned, and hence the
most economical.
Economy dictates that his winter q lar.
tiers must be warm-the temperature
should average, say, IS degrees. In care
ful daily tests By scales, thermo ON eter. &c,
l found that received about 100 per cen.
interest one winter on the outlay for Ar
ranging. better quarters than those Of av.
erage New England barn stables. We
cannot afford to attempt 10 hen. space
with hay. Lumoer and paper are cheaper
than grain. The ration for the good Steer
in good quarters should no: be OF cheap
foods alone, nor entirely OF the bes. foods
The latter is not the most economical
ration. AS q practical feeder. should
not regard hay and grain ration ms a
good lon where the price of hay is high.
As have before stated in the Rar4l,
know of no more economical ration, where
hay is to enter into it at all. than clover
called hay) and straw mixol when mol.
crate growth is desired-say one pound a
day. When fattening is desired the al
ton OF grain will make al effective food
With fairly bred grade Shor; horns
| can make from l,l00to 1,2)1 pou IDS b.
easEstages OF growth, turning nv pro incts
=! full market rates as follows: New
milk for first two or three weeks: then
skim milk, mlddiings and corn meai. A.
4 little more age, cotton seed meal Is
substituted for middlings. The frs. winter
clover and clover rowen with some corn
fodder or straw, or both are fe with cotton
seei and corn meal. Tae second winter
~ Il 8.
Or ration OF three pounds OF cotton see /
meal and straw or corn follet or both
alone is fed. As we raise much corn, of.eu
half OF this meal is fed. When we plrcha,e
meal, my general practice is to buy co ton
seed meal as it is so valuable as a manure
rs we'll as especially valuable to supple
ment straw for growing steers. Tne
growth by this system is not the rapid
growth of high feeding, bu. having
pasture near home, this i lop.e - m
economical one, Ny experience Is .hs,
high pressure feeding in winter is no
consistent with distant AMI ordinary
pastures. When ordinary pastures are
near al hand high winter feeding can b,
supplemented BIZ summer pts.lre e3slin2
with grain to advantage.
By the system named SIP em5er sale:
are made. This gives t4ree sumner.
growth (sumner grown co.'s IN. 81
about one cent per pound for two W winter
feeding. The weight nameI inSures
good sale upon an economical growth
Fhe expense | could ea,iIv give. hu i
would be for local rates. Ii the ration /
entirely hay the calf will consu ne tire,
per cent. OF its live weigh. daily. IA | th.
year-old two and one bali per cent. WIKI
urging each will eat more. When or al
Is given q pound in round numbers, tthc
the place OF a pound of hay and insure
faster growth generally. When straw o
clover is fed or straw and grain, les, i
eaten. A steer that will eat . pounds c
bay will not use over - pounds OF s'raS
when accompanied with three pound, q
meal, or generally three,lifths a: muci
When corn fodder is given. with wHE i
wasted nearly a, many pounds have TO b
fed as OF hay-not quite. Swale hty An
two or three POUNDS of cotton seed maa
are often fed for an entire winter inter
changed with straw or corn folder -
R,A-al NelG Yorker.