The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-14
"RoUGHNEss" FOR STOCK.
Experience shows that Roughncss IL Not
the Hest Way for Either MIX or stock

Experience shows that Roughncss Is Not
the Hest way for Either Milk or stock
Raising.
One who has seen much Of rural life
would naturally suppose, II clear.head.
ed, that the rough treatment cattle gem
orally receive from owners who read
little and think less would not suggest
that "~roughncsS' In feeding needed
any special recommendation. The style
IN which cattle were a%ncicntly raised
was pretty much all roughncss. Il
consisted in letting the animals take
care of themselves summer aud winter:
but civilization has shown that that was
not quite the best way for either milk
or beef, or even for cattle raising. In
stead OF letting the cattle roam nt will
over vast mlenccd plains or p~rairies.
fields OF q manageable size have been
fenced IN for summer pasturage, warm
stables supplied In winter with the best
Of cattle feed. aud II not afew instances
some bold eNpcrimcnters have found
that stabling MI the year round, and
tenderness other than roughncss, was
the best plan yet discovered 70 make
cattle profitable go cows particularly.
Hence when n writer Of some rcputa-
ton recommends such stuff as wheat
straw Of only medium quality" or "a
poor quality of hay fed with oatmeal
In order to give them 1.-THE right condi-
ton for spring pasturage, It sounds n
little ~ II he did not take kindly TO
modern improvements.
Such advice, except with proper quail
iiications, Is injudicious because Il is
not what farmers need. They take to
bad, cheap WAYS about MS easily
rs most men take Ia sin, and the
effort should bc to advance them. Straw
and poor hay may do to distend the ami.
NAL stomach. but why choose q poor
and nearly worthless article In case il
Is possible 10 get n better oIep Straw
Is nearly worthless by itself. and Ger.
tainly the meal and bran impart no
value to It. Instead Of advising Il farmer
to buy such rubbish because he may be
short Of hay. Il Is better to advise him
To buy the very best he can possibly
get. There is nutrition in that and dis
tcntion also. while an excellent use for
the straw is To put It under the cows In
stead Of into them. Internally Il Is
worth q triilc more than saw.dusL
do not speak altogether from theory
on this matter Of good or poor bulky
fodder for milk. / kept n record for
owe three years Of n cows Yield Of milk
and butter, and " her feed. and also
noted when anything occurred likely 10
influence q change from day 10 day.
Having no faith in poor hay, nom was
bought u u could bc helped. but some
times | was deceived. Each milking
was weighed and recorded. aud ON
changing ut one time from a purchase
Vt inferior hay to first class. the milk
yield was 81 Increased as 20 prove that
It, money value was seven dollars \ ton
mnr' than the otherl II didn't cost me
that much more. but | found | could
have afforded TO pay that difference.
In no other respect was the feed
changed. nor was there any change Of
weather ur treatment to which Il could
hc traced; II was the hay. and hay alone.
found, too. II | changed to wcll.curcd
Cnrnstalks, or even 10 green fodder.
corn IN summer. or cow-pca vines.
thcrc was an immediate decrease o.
milk. did not try straw. o bog hay,
nor salt hay nor MANILA ropes PICKED
TO pieces and chopped In q hay cutter
though all would dlstcnd the stomach
and operate Ms ''roughncsN" II u
more profitable to give the roughncss :,
ra's.
This was feeding for milk. not special
" for flesh. The COW hal plenty Of nesl
all the time, and my aim was TO maintain
what she had against her heavy YIELD
Of milk. which was about eleven thou
sand pounds per year. But In fccdinl
for flesh. gvod hay. n would suppose
would he equally beneficial The straw
has no a~ppreciable internal use cxcep
what Is mechanical. while good hay ha
that aud nutimcnt also The roughnes'
may ~ " better than a snow-haak.n a
have heard anne farmers say II boz
hay. but not much. The cattle win no
eat d when they can get good has, an,
the man who coaxes u down BY dilnt
ing veal ssls ard bran with \ fnes 10
tie q than cheat himself n Il IN
meal. bran. or other good fed whirl
hrings the animal TO "the right conAi
lisn.'' not the straw ~ damaged hsy
-ihsag Snyder. il MI Susnssa>r