Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-08-11
Maine Farmer
MEAL AT PASruRE

The feeding OF meal to stock when q,
pAstaro Il noi common practice. oees-
siOnaly dalryman j. fOuud who has
practiccd 10 - some extent, aud growers
% fancy steers. particularly anxious % Sc
cure rapid growth, in some eases eon'
tlnus meal ration OF some kini while the
stock II az pasture. rae question arises,
snd 10 l. an important one, whether the
practice can be- recommended FOR general
ainption
Ii d. well known BY al that 10 al the
ulicf sections % the State, The pisiarcs
nov f,il % prOtacc that abundance ot
grass which was once the ease. In place
81 that THICK. iuNuriant aud shuudant sup
ply which once wAs suflclent Tor stock %
secure al that wAs needed In few hours
tine. ani leaving the rest OF the time %
az on growth and sccrcie milk, now The
graz. IL thin aud nearly AL The day y re-
qlIrei for the animal 10 gather what The
.ys,em calls f1r. This being the case,
there never Is securcd. where good work
i wantsi. 80 rapid gain on growing stock
nor - large rctnrus from cows. A. The ca
ptcliy of the animals are cousttated %
give.
n thcf, IA. anything been proved To
farm practice. IL l. that the pronts from
stock come from good fcc,ilng. Perhaps
10 nav not be said that the best returns
come from the most liberal feeding, Vet
thls would not be- far from actaA facts.
Asa rule. stock should be kept doing Al
al times an tha, their health AMI vigor
wiuAlow Thrrc should be no periods %
respite from this-ao periods or merely
hoiiiux their own. ant ccrtsinly 20 seasons
of golng back. A. the pNsturAge nov l.,
stock vii make q moderate growth Only
fora limited tine. sNer which they will
barely hold thelr Own. ani then, later on,
slu lose a portion of The growth OF ihe
earlier part of The season. Milch cows are
tarued from the fIsh feed % the barn %
the thin grass where possibly the low OF
mlk may be for time kept up-oui gen
crsllyat The expense % shriukagc OF hcsh
To b. followed later on by serious
shrlukagc % milk Also, Aui All from The
fact of a lack of food.
FromA limited practice of our oNn, ani
from observations among others, We fally
believe there l. no time when = meal ration
vii b. found more probable than when
TIE stock l. Al pasture. stock vii live on
pasiufAgc alone, All know, Bat ihis u not
enoarh. We wAni the steers 10 grow, the
oxen o. lay On fkt, the cows % give uo'
era flN % milk. A small ration only with
The sra.s feed will 30 this. A slight ex-
p-usc ln this direction will accomplish
marked results The steers viii not only
grow ln frame. bat with the meal they viii
lay oa 4 ssh AZ The same tine. The coss
vii not only give larger npS OF MILK
Bat vii bold lu much better flsh. This
better condition causes them - hold ont
thrlr f,N % milk later Ia The season, and
~hen they come fresh in milk again. Is
thc means % thelr giving larger ".
LA long run. then. 10 will be iouni very
profitable. Grass. even n t were plentiful
enaagh. Is not perfect ration, AIT i bet.
tsr balanced by The adiitlon on light Iced
20 meal
10, oniy i the fls of milk lnercased
by the rralu feet. bat the quality OF u l.
1uui % be greatly Improved. Hence,
/ thls practice i especially popular among
I hgttrr makers We never have known OF
a .lngle Instance of lts being discontinued
lnaiAlry where once the practice had been
lntroigcel. For supplementlng = some
What scAniy pAsturAgc this course VII DC
/ found, under ladicious management
profitable practice. The kini Of meal ra'
tion should depend on the purpose for
which Il Is fcd II % oxen Tor fst, or 10
cows Cor rich milk aud f0i keeping up
ths.r fcsh. nothing Is better than corn
meA. Ito cows fof large now OF mia,
cnttnn seed meal may be rccommendcd
/ m to steers OF colts Tor growth, wheat
bran will best subserve that eni.