Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-14
While our minds will be freer. because
We have not sough, to peUert nature.
THE VALUE or A VARIETY or
FOOD FOR STOCK.

Never. until recently. did We fully re-.
Alire the amount oi gain 20 be derived
from breeding dif-rcnt kinds of stock
During The winter a., past. We have led
= fee mich COWS upon the bes, fodder In
our barn, necessitA,ing quite a sameness
In their food The hay being mostly IL
notify and rcd.top. ~i,h bat little clover
mixed. So long As they ~ere fed daily
allowance Of oorn-fodder. all wen, veil,
BAT in few days after ,ha, Was used up
their appetite bcgun 20 fail, and they
would leave the best Of hay untouched
and look wishially Cor something differ
ent. When we bad good reason TO know
they were hungry. Picking cut the bet
lock. Coz them. only seemed 10 Increase
the evil We we're It'll studying upon a
remedy. to s,Ar,e them 10 eat this hay
seemed bafbArous. and besides the milk
pals we're crossing gradually lighter AZ
ief each milking a. Il wAs-shen we
bought and moved into the barn ies
ions q meadow hay for other stock
While unloading. some Of Il fell wiihin
reach Of the cows. and We noticed they
grscdily ate n. They we're fed on u dur
ing The remainder Of that day The neNt
morning some of the be., hay was given
them. which they absolutely refused 10
touch. We DAD not relish the idea Of
feeding msado~ hay to thc-e ooss. ~ho-e
spPyafance and performance Ne took
great pude o.. but a. lAst r,sori coa-
clgdsd % tFy 10. They received the usual
allowances of grAin aud no,hing bat that
'uead0w hay. with an occasional feed OF
cosr-e siraw. fof three weeks, when their
appetite partially uiarned, and they
~ould not refuse small Allosances ot the
Eagh.h bay No~ they are fcd the best
hay Ia the morning. all they will con-
.ame readily. thea waiefed and grained.
Al noon. sifas. % other coarse fodder. s
icd. aud A. nishi they are given all the
meaioN hay they will eat. waiefcd ani
grained again. Thrir aPP-uto' arr sod.
the, have Increased the l1s u muk, aud
srem % b. thuung finely. Neat water
90 shall supply ourseics,s ~iih a. large
q variety az iuod a. p1ssibie. and feed al
our stock alike. vaping TIE raiioa as se
Ssh. nth grain. We DO not ~ish %
be- couhacd to meados hay o. make up
the bi.l VI fare. bat u i The bcsi &c can
do no~. and an improvement uPon ircd-
NJ al. one kind u ioddef, 10 matter hos
saod. IL b. o. help furnish saficiy that
the SID wi.l bc valuable. n AtAl. Farm.
,r. g,asraiiy make the mistake u so~ins
ioo icw kint. of gfass seed. We kno~
of tut fr~ sod arids u clover IA our
to~n. While large quantities Of hay
afs fa,ssd here. to1 hti.c attention - pad
to rcnoya,ing TIE so.l and faislng only
thc best of everything We believe
more frequent use u tte plos would ieni
90 break sp the ssmenss, u oar glasses.
IN che bc.t agricultural dlsifcts oi bog
land and Scltiani. the whole farm must
hs gonc over a. often a. every i've years
Bli ~hen the American farmer gcis hls
l.nl seeded dosn. his desire Is % rAise
jlst a. manY crops u hay a. possible
o. m o.. brilrc again touching % WITH the
plo~. To-, is mistake: pl0s while
there d. sul -ornc -o-d % help feftihfs the
uext years crup Raise an abundance oi
hocd crup. farnish your stock ~lih Va.
firiy By Frequently vafyias the Prodse''
II yoaF .ahd.