The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-28
Continental Foods.

The considerable feeder of animals
| will study their tastes, their kes and
dislikes, and try to render the food
agreeable. He well knows that the
pleasure of eating adds to the thrift oil
production of the animal. 1t does Eo'
depend wholly upon the nutritive quail
tiles OF the food, but also upon its agree
able ia or. Mere iiayoring materials
often greatly improve 4 food. 1t is not
difficult to so comb ne food as to rem
der the compound very appetizing.
Those continental foods which are So
lauded, and for which uch remarkable
ella ms rs 10 nutritive quality are made,
are generally compounded mostly OF
cheap materials, and then fla ored 10
suit the appetite. Thy ar then advei
tised As havi g wonderfully nutrili,c
power, and rs curing all tne ills tLat
animal '.ilesh is heir to" They are
made up of materials that every f. .der
has within easy reach, and are u tally
sold 1T si< tunes their real VA ne. They
are ca II and all such NANTES: hum
bugs. when they contain SO little, AID
SO much is claimed for them, that we
have uniformly refused to ADVERT g
item and thus assist in deluding farm
ers into purchasing them at their ex-
Rothamstead, fully expo ed the preten-
sions of horley, OF England, who had
been deiuding En- rlish feeders for years.
He showed that the rel value of his
compound as a food was only about the
same rs corn meal, although it 5 Id for
eight dollars per l0) pounds. And
this seems to BE- the stardarl price for
all the mixtures in this tountry. light
cents per pound seems 10 be lust the
figure that satisfies these vendors of
continental foods. And when we
consider the probable cost Of one and
one-half cents per pc md. an addition
of over 500 per cent. would seem to be
a liberal profit.
All ANIMALS are fond of sweet foods,
and most Of these continental COM
pounds in England are rendered sweet
BY using the locust bean, which con-
tains large amount of sugar; and our
compounders may import them for tn
purpose, or they may use cheap mo-
lasses or glucose sugar. We have no
doubt. from our exper ments. that cheap
mo asses may he used Mt a profit in
feeding to render the food more palata-
ole. In fattening attic, one quart of
molasses dissolved in two gal ons of
water is used 10 moiston the short cut
hay for four steers, and then the meal
given is mixed with this. The sweet
water flayors the mass. SO that they eat
it with great avidity. Ii must be adj
mitted that the highest skill consists in
knowing Just the right adaptation OF
food to the animal, and this re .uires a
careful study of the quality OF all the
different foods used for. or that may
be used for animals. And this requires
also a practical knowledge of avors.
But besides this the feeder should know
the effect of different foods upon the an.
imal stomach, whether laxative or con-
sedative or. stimulating, Sc.
In other words. every feeder should
know how to coEpound continental
fool for his OWL stock. and not sub ect
himself to paying four prices for the
want of this knowledge. The principal
advantage derived from these COM
pounds comes from their palatableness
and laxative elements. Animals gem
rsaliy suffer more from constipation than
from any other one source: and it is by
reason of this that we have so often ad-
vised feeders to use a little oil meal, or
better ST five to six per cent of flax
seed. q with oats and corn, as a
food for orses especially. and also for
other stock. This small amount of
iaxseed -one-sixteenth to one-twen-
Iieth-also improves the flavor of the
God.
We give formula for continental
God equal to any of the high priced ar
icloS in tho partaf.