The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-04
Food Equivalents.

II seems TO me that the great majority
Of farmers need y good deal more knowl- !
edge. both practical aud scientific. in
the matter OF the values Of different
kinds Of food for stock. Such knowl.
edge will enable the farmer TO feed his
stock with greater economy and ut the
same time keep them Ia better condi.
lion. The practice OF farmers In feed.
ing stock varies In different localities.
aud oven in tho same locality. One
farmer win winter his cattle entirely on
hay. aud often, before spring, they viii
become so constipated that their cxcrc.
ment Is yoidcd In hard balls; they fall
of greatly In flesh. and spring finds
them In bad condition. | remember the
timc when IL was q common practice TO
winter cattle at u straw stack, with no
food except the straw TO which they
helped themselves. Cattle confined fof
n long time TO u single article OF diet
which. like thus. Is deficient both In flesh
formers and fat and heat producers,
were generally In n terrible condition 10
endure tho March winds Many Of
them died. and many moru were SO nun
down that Il took all the best part Of the
season TO get them back TO a good
condition rs they were in the previous
fall. In the great corn-growing States
many farmers mn 20 the other extreme,
and feed too layishly Of corn. which
contains an excess. of heat and fat-pro-
ducing elements. | have known farm.
crs to feed a horsd thirty large cars OF
cord a day-eqnal 10 twelve or fifteen
pounds.o f shcllcd cor ALI through tho
winter when the teams were not work.
ing, and often they were not taken out
ofthc stable for q week, except TO water.
We have seen mon keep hogs shut up In
n close pcn or muddy yard. obliged to
sleep on q dusty floor. aud for months
not feed n mouthful OF anything except
corn. II Il little wonder that with such
management our western horses break
down early, or yficof collie. or that chol.
era keeps our herds, Of swine out Of
existence. Common sense teaches that
the q comfortable and contented our
stock - kept. the better they win thrive
and generally the morn profitable they
will be 10 us. An animal cannot be
comfortable when suffering with hum
per, or when gorgcd and clogged by too
great a quantity Of rich food. The an
,mal wintered on straw or a poor qusli-
Nv of hay, viii suffer both with hunger
and cold;' for there l. not enough fat In
tho food 10 maintain vital heat, OF
enough Of the flesh formers 20 replace
the waste. Tho animal that Is fed too
much corn meal loses appetite. and all
the digestive and assimilativc organs
become derangcd. The knowledge
which the farm or should have. and
which science can help him 10 gain. will
enabie him tD 50 combine the different
articles Of food a. 70 make the proper.
lions Of flesh and fat formers what they
should be. Millions Of acres Of corn'
stalls. In oar Western States. arr lefl
| In the fields and fed 81 after tn rains
aud winds have bleaehed them until
they are nearly worthless. aud the land
l. damaged by tramplng more than
all the food Is worth. Straw stacks. b.
the thousand. are len % 2 Of An thl
material eaa BE- led u slock probably,
and win be relished BY thsm Z combined
\ with some Of the richer foods Csr,
csss Nv 0sHtsmss.