Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
iAG RIG UL T u r AL.
SORGHUM FOR STOCK FEED.

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SORGHUM FOR STOCK FEED.
In experimenting with the variou
kinds OF food 20 fatten quickly An
with least expense, | cannot say tina
my experience has extended sufficient
ly far for me TO give you al article Of
the subject that will b. of benefit b
your readers, for my breeding expert
ments have thus far been confined h
mules and young cattle, and at tim
of year when grain was abundant. TIT
latter, however, would have made bu
little difference In an experiment, had
been making test, for az long as they
could get the cane they would not ever
nibble the richest blue grass. have
tried chopped food, bran, corn meal, oil
cake and everything else that thought
would tempt mule 10 eat and they
did eat and tatteh on sorghum, but
struck the sugar plum for them, or
rather, they struck it for themselves, for
| they Jumped into my patch Of three
acres and helped themselves. don't
think Am over estimating IT in saying
that those three acres, cut and fed 10 the
mules, fattened them more than six
acres Of corn gathered and fed In the
ear. ] was 80 favorably impressed
with 1t that intend tryingit next year
In silo If it only proves, half as good
In winter az 1t has n summer l can re-
commend 1t to all who wish to put the
"big fat" on cotton mules, or TO carry
young steers through the winter in
| 1,,,I condition, I'm Htth thu faS
experieDce have had with it already, |
can say grow sorghum for stock feed.
AN AGRICULTURAL CREED.
The following is the creed adopted by
recent agricultural convention In
Canada
We believe In small farms and thor
ough cultivation we believe that the
soil lives to eat, AZ well AZ the owner,
and ought therefore, to be well ma
nured we believe in going to the bot
tom Of things, and therefore, deep
ploughing, and enough of tall the
better if it be sub. soil pillow we be-
lieve in large crops which leave the
land better than they found II, making
both the farrp and the farmer rich at
once we believe every farmer should
own a good farm we believe that the
fertilizer Of any soil Is spirit of in
dustry enterprise, intelligence--w without
these lime. gypsum and guano would
be Of little Use we believe In good
fences, good farm houses, good or
chards. and good chi dren enough to-
gather the fruit We believe In clean
kitchen neat wife in il, clean cup
board, clean dairy, and clean con
science we believe 10 ask mans adj
vice is not STOPPING, but Of much bene-
fit we believe that 10 keep place for
every thing aud everything in its place
saves many a step, aud is pretty sure
TO lead TO good tools and keeping them
In order we believe that kindness to
stock, like good SHELF is saving of
fodder we believe that it is good
thing TO keep an eye on experiments,
and note all, good and bad we believe
IL is good rule to sell grain when it is
ready we believe in producing the
best butter and cheese, and marketing
it when ready.
SALT FOR CATTLE.
After cattle 90 to the barn for winter
they should have salt given every
week. If hey have lump of rock
salt they can 90 To it every day ana
lick as much as they please, it will b.
even better for them. Mich cows
should have at least tablespoonful Of
fine ground bone every week. Profes.
sor Johnson, in his agricultural Chemis
try, says that a mich COW giving 100
gallons Of milk IN year and raising
one calf whose bones will weigh twenty
pounds, also pass Oft in her milk as
much phosphate as is contained in 20
pounds of bone dust, and in her urine
as much as in seventeen pounds, max
ing total Of sixty. seven pounds of
bore material which arr needed by al
healthy COW each year. OF course,
some portion ofthis is suppl ed by her
food especially if she is fed with wheat
bran, which contains larger percent
age Of phosphate of lime than any other
substance usually given rs food for
cattle, exceeding even cotton seed in
that element, though not as rich in nj
trogen.
COARSE BONE-MEAL FOR POULTRY.
As fowls are necessarily confined In |
small yards, We are obliged to supply |
them with all the essential kinds of food |
that they would eat if runningat large.
But previous 10 the past six months a |
full supply of shell-forming food has
always been at times neglected, and
" soft. shelled" eggs or eggs without
any shells have followed from the ne.
glect About six months ago we began
TO feed our tow Is bones broken up to the
average size of wheat kernels, and we
have never seen sott-shelled egg since.
The fowls are excessively fond Of this
food in small quantities, and very
.mall quantity sutficss TO satisfy them,
aud to insure sufficient egg-shell ma
terial. This quantity we have found to
be full handful given three times a
week for every six hens. Pure broken
bones ready for use are sold by all
fertilizer firms at 81 per bagi
200 tbs), and it will be seen that bag
will go long way,
GIVE cows A VARIETY.
In one respect cows are like chickens
The greater the variety Of the food they
sat, the greater will be the product, al
ways provided the varieties are of a
" holesome kind. 1t is we'll known that
he Irishman's COW is always good
mixer, and tt may be properly at
after allowing him due credit
~ an expert in picking out a good cow,
% the fact that she generally gets a
greater variety of food gathered from
many sources, and ending in what is
commonly called " slop." Many an
expert dairyman might take a good Il
)oint here, and, instead Of feeding diff
erent foods at separate meals, when the
ow will partially reject some in favor
# the remem bered better food, mix 4
hem all together, thus making the
God of ona carry the evil of the other,
ot only in taste, but in the health of ,
he I,alU L 1