The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-23
a GOOD SUBSTITUTE,
Something to Take the Place OF Ia, ia
Feeding Cattle.

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There are quite a large number of
localities III the West where, owing to
dronti last summer, there is hat very
scarf supply Of hay. or other coarse fOi-
! der. l. ctn be obtained 1T compare
lively low Priee il sections where the
crop was abundant, but to have it
shipped as local freight brings it up to s
/ Squire that few farmers wish or can
siioEd TO pay. Corn is cheap and can
read " lie procured. but reither cattle.
| horses EoT sheep can thrive upon i.
alone: they must have some coarse.
| bulky food roughness' as it is called
in addition
Straw i sometimes used IS a subSti-
tutc for hay. hut unless it Is bright and
clean. stock viii eat very little of it.
Fed in its rough state much of it is
/ wasted. and what little Is eaten seems
to have no beneficial effect upon the
stock
/ Sor.e years since friend of mine
/ found himself with twelve head or
younr cattle on hand. in mid-wintcE.
and 70 hay. straw. or coarse food of any
kind. tp'u-h he had = gooi supply of
corn The cattle could not b. sold eX-
! ccpe a. a great sacrifice, and hly was
nos 90 be obtained for less than twenty
five dollars per tor. Knowing that he
could make q profit of ifeca dClia-s on
each head of the cattle if he coald keep
ti.cm III fair condition unit, grass came
IN. n cost not exceeding that of keep
ing them OF has at the ovGiaary price.
| he SCI his wits TO work u devise means
/ By VIII C il could be done.
The first III Nc he did WIS to bay the
only stack OF straw to be obtained in
the neiguborhood- This he hauled
home and slowed away IN his barn.
Next. he hOIglt fcct-cutter. Then
IN. took q LOAF of corn to tie mill and
eXcha aged If for meal Having ar
ranged h : feed racks sd that loose
grain could be fec n them without loss,
ne began his experiment
4 quantity of the straw was run
through tire cutter aid cut into lengths
o: one-haif inch. TWAS thea sprinkled
with water and shaken up until it WAS
! quite wet, then half bGshel OF meal
and handful Ct salt Were added. and
the who.e SIRED and mixed uu'il the
meal was evenly distributed throughout
the entire mass.
The cattle wcrs fed " II this material
twice :. dav the first few meals / eng
Egnt TO prevent Glowing: af:erward
they received a much as they wo;Ild
eat up clean Twice a week bran and
oatmeal IN Iual qUantit eS were sub
ST tuted fer the cu-n--neal. ard mixed
with TIL straw ii tie same manner.
The cattle az this mixture with avid
IT., th-:ved upon IL ard came ont in the
spring smooth. healthy and vigorous.
and in inst the ri-hs cuad. iio'i to derive
t e full benefit OF grIss psstu-ase Tie
straw WIS wEe@t-si-aw OF only medium |
quality
\ poor quality of hay nev DE treat !
ed IN the SAM manner. an / made TO /
answer rs wei as that in P-.me condi- |
ton. Good. bright oa. stra%, cut AIS! |
pr raed with bran and eora-Rleal in |
eritlal quantities.. MAKES first rate fee; |
for eiihe' ca tie OF shee2-much bet-
ter than most graded - Nc ,
Ii the farmers who End Themselves |!
s;Iors of kay this winter can ooIaiI L |
supply of Straw near by at = reason |
able price. they can. by adopting the
method of my friend. bring their cat
tie AID sheep safely through the winter |
81 very moderate cost and thus |
avoid the inevitable sacrifice o. forced |
sale
The points 10 be observed are IS foi-
lows: Gauge the quantity of meal by
the number OF animals, cut the straw
fine, We al of ii SO that tie meal will
aGhere 10 it. mix thoroughly and salt
spar.ngly. Give no more each day than
they will clean up. Co'n-meal. bran.
oatmeal. cotton seed N Isl or OIL cake
meal may be used to- Prirning. TIE
last Two are very rich. and must ne en-
i.iosed ea-eeilly.-Ms. ]. Esasiiacr.