Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-30
cuIrli'o AND COOKING FEED.
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aitH,t atid 60 lip t,svtwh,t,ning

CuTTlsG AND COOKING FEED.
ltII'nt' in ttt"t - t"oLing snnd for
~tH't "std go tte os"t~h, lming.
s.. .n l.l,i lA q \,lri-hl cnrrcs-
rnln .f.t De- worth while to cut or
,n.. f.'lr f.r .h,,p 1b, question
mn HnN o. t.h'f ihpt ihr ,hrrp B..
d.1rnf f.u nh,r nnumul- that il
r.n.f. 900 ,.-.nf 81 different treatment
tn.m Hf.,f lnmtl. in ."m. respects
iis +. Coco. liui o. .huud %. r,m,m-
h'nd th'i 800 'h, muu. tine h-r,dug
al frlim,ri o. 4 ,m,.tir animals l..
iho .iplr n b. b. . h.uoht. for in
sinnrr. fn rui and rpuk fodder for cat
iir. hrn'nl would uuvur.tiuulhi, result
from loiu. u inr .hr,p The sheep. 1t
Is tfur s. pn. .r..rd II exceedingly
STRONG digestive powers. aud that bong
sa iir h,uthf tn boz derived from rr,.-
parihr in'd tnr murr cns, digestion
mas No. show. aud would not show. ~
marked u'-ult4 n. Il such food were fed
g. ~ animal 81 less powerful digestion.
And " maA hr. hs h. often the ease, that
ihe nnekms.tsr thinks hi- sheep do we'll
enough Withuui such extra trouble. II
T. efioi the ease that We nrr satisfied
With rrsult-. though knowing that they
sr not the best atia.nnhle. Unless
thrs approximate the best. however
~ should not hv sniisied A. We have
often explained. aud ~ the reader we'll
understand. ih" object of cutting fod-
dof ~ cooking foods. Is to make them
morv direstihlc. Tho process If cut
ting mahc- the fodder more easily pcnc-
tfahlc y, the gastric juice. and that IL
true, ton, nt cooking. Whether or not
u rnllf phNs to simply cut fodder. is q
meoird question, aud. perhaps. ALWAYS
will he We have never prnriicrd IL
nnlcss fnf the purpose of mixing meal
of grain With a. II that l. done thorc
is no doubt at all that Il will pay To do
H.
Hcwrtrr. whatever We NAV do or
not in. and whatever. any of us may
think vf not think, experiments seem
b. have demonstrated that IL does pay
ta both rut and cook food for sheep.
The saving. however. il largely in q
fuller consumption of the fodder.
sheep Will leave i've or six times more
u uncut food than they will of food
that !. cut. A friend of ours expert
mehied In this direction. lie fed n
hundred pounds Of long hay. and there
werc about twenty-five pounds left un-
eaten. lie then fed hundred pounds
II the same hay cut about half an inch
long. aud there was not quite fivo
pounds left uncatcn. Mr.. Stewart. af-
i"f caufnlly experimenting. came to
The conclusion that sixty pounds Of cut
hay would equal sevcnty-iive pounds Of
uncut has when fed Ia sheep. lie has
ho he.itancy In saying that II pays just
as ~ell to feed fodder for sheep as IL
does 10 cut Il Tor any other class of
fafm stock. VI" also experimental In
eooking hay and grain together. mix
Ing one hundred pounds II corn meal.
one hundred pounds ~ wheat mid
dllhgs. hftt pounds ~ linsccd oil meal,
snd about two hundred pounds of cut
hay. together, aud cooking IL with 1.-Two
strain for an hour and half IL
sili hc observed that this would mako
a YER, evenly balanced food. and IL 10
bat fair IA say that II care were cxcr.
eised Ia compose such nm excellent
fooi n this. the results would be- very
marked. whether u was cooked or not.
STU the result. In Mr. Stewards expert
ns"nts were better with the cooked
food than they were with the Same
lsod. IN the same quantity, nncookcd.
The sheep when fed ON the cooked
mixture gained three pounds per head
per week. while the same ration un-
cooked produced hut two. or Mt most
two aud quarter pounds per week.
fie rrnar ei that on the cooked ration
The sheep seemed ~ contcntcd as IL
on Krass. Hut here again Il suggested
the old subject Ia which We so often
rier the necessity of plenty ~ good
water. We have no doubt that tho
sheep were n contented ~ IL on grass.
nut u Y not a question that II the above
excellent combination 81 food. II fed
dry and supplemented by generous
supply II roots. would also have pro-
duefsi the contentment spoken of. and
caused results which. taking into con-
sideraiion the less trouble and less cx-
pehse. would have been equally satis-
iaeiorsP We should mention. however.
TIA. ~ Moons he fed little dry hay. II is
"ell H. mention this. for cooked food IL
more laxative than dry. and the dry
i"oi AZ noon would have a tendency 10
r"rrvci the tendency Ia looscncss. We
u'slrr, too, In this connection to remind
th' nockmastcr tha, whatever NAV he
ms system uf feeding. u little oil-cakc
~ meal u invaluable. II j. better than
wagon loads If medicine for sheep or
"ib"r animals II We could induce
p'ople to provide roots and oil meal
i"f ihrir sheep, We should save great
"'h ~ trouble among fiocks. The
Hfal strengthens digestion. and Is 10
gond iond upon sound principles.
lhcro BE- an experiment described.
and familiar to many. that was under
"" dir' ton of 90. oiln ilo.k kmastcr n
zee YEAR 400 llr d..4d,d a flock II
thfer hundred sheep into two nncls Of
hundfri aud nfly each. He fcd one
lu' on unc"uhcd food of the best quail
w lhr other boz were fed cut cooked
i"dd"t miNc'i with bran. There is no
''od ~ tbe gain. hui the results of
'''5'hg ihe cut aud cooked foods were
:" satisfactory that be- Immediately
vent Ia work at considerable expense
F" provide the means Of cutting and
'""kihg all the food that his sheep con-
s"ii'fi ih winter A. a matter II fact,
w evidence IN favor of cooking food
~ stock "a overwhelming. Certainly.
h''s' 'euihs ~ those who have tried il
sFl'oie IT II. Aud Vet. ~ We have
''l"'" intimaicd. there are questions
"hh''i'd Nlth the subject which we
W not h'li",c arr always carefully
s"shrd on general principles. how
WI, thrfe u no doubt that IL Is bene-
se'al hssferH Rsrai