Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
7 StOck RAISING :

I'VE are glad that we baye twice re-
ferred to the unprofitablenesS of the
general winter feeding of cattle, for it
has set farmers to thinking and will do
good If it is fact that the majority
of our cattle actually lose in winter
Pabd there is no Achaud0 TO harbor a
doubt of it's the reason is,to be found in
the lacko Of judicial care. The food and
igidsuUe3gve QiT cattle are good.
,IheyTcqntain the elements to insure
profit if thoS ARE rightlJ fed and the
animal properly cared for But is it
not y fact that rmahy of us isimply aim
TO get our cattle through the winter
alive and nothing more? Where the
pastures fail in the fail, do we npt-Yir-
tuaify say: Now we must keep life in
the animal somehow until pasture comes
again. 1t would seem So. There are
numbers of men who neYer-think. of
buying any feed to keep their cattle
pup. But the farmer Tho does not rea-
liZe thefabsUfutc NECESSITY of bringing
his cattle'ott IN the spring in good con-
dition, even if he has to buy feed to do
it, had better sell his cattle when win
ter begins. A poor, weakened animal
in spring will have hard work to, .".catch
up during the summer, and that fact
ought TO be fully understood by every
cattle breeder. But 1t istseless toexpect
the best results from even the highest
feeding, if there is no care in other
RESPECTS. Good care is 1Qne-half the
battle. 1t is because it is saving of
feed, and consequently a sewing of
money. that has been one reason for our
frequent, lTging of. the, necessity of
securing help that viii treat cattle
and in fact all stock-kindly. Arough,
careless man about the coward Will
cost more than his head is worth, either
in winter or summer; ? Feed must be
'f'rrnishedfto supply what hisrpughness
and carelesSpess in, the. care. of the stock
wastes, and 1T will not make. good the
w9ste either, Every crnel BLOW that is
gwen an animal means loss 10 the owner5
all the boistePous Language that,is used
to confuse and excite cattle or other
stock must be paid for, and the owner
pays it.. Especially is this true of mich
cows. Whenever n Man is harsh with
a cow, and whenever Il man sem
ployed who is never in a hurry. ex-
-eept when he is driving, the COWS: .he.is
taking money right out of the pocket of
the man that eApioys him; and when.
ever the owner OF the cows is guilty of
such things, he is taking money
out Of ms ewhl lpcket and
Growing ft away Tho first thing
that stock owner needs to insure Is
good treatment of his stock. and then
he should see. tscjt that a iudicious
system of feeding supplies what NAV be
necessary to keep his stock in condi-
ton at any time of year. Thus winter
feeding viii prove profitable.
It is useless to .expectgoOd results
from stock-raising unless we can keen il
in good condition from the.start to the,
end. Young stock is frequently ruin
ously neglected in this respect. From
one cause or anotherthe mother has NOT
always sufficient supply of milk for her
Young. IN such case the utmost care
must be taken to supply it from other
sources. The young animal fhat is hslf
starved VIII never make thefalninal fiat
itwOuld if kept gtnKing fpm its birth.
even if il should live at all. Ii is often
expensive, to- raise ] Young animal by
artificial feeding but that has nothing
.tO-da- with the questioned raising It
right. III the expense is too much, don't
-fSise it. ,Whenthe milhof the mother
- Insufficient for the yoang-and that
Is quite fredaentlg 8heA trouble with
young ewes-it will be found best and
mach the cheaper to feed the mother
literally on such things as roots, ground
oats, etc, which will produce milk
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