Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-17
FARM NOTES,


always considered; yet one may feed q
large amount of food without benefit
TO the stock, while by judicious sys-
tenn Of feeding, in proportion to what
is required, lesser quantity may be
needed and the cost lowered. As ami
mais differ in the kind Of products they
provide, so should the food be regulated
to conform to that which is expected.
A Jersey cow that gives large yield OF
butter from a small quantity OF milk
land some OF them have yielded pound
of butter from three quarts Of milk
demands food rich in fat, and in feed
ing her for cream the breeder keeps in
view the object to be obtained. He
expects large quantity of butter, and
he knows that the fat must come from
the food. If the food Is deficient In
the element most desired the yfeid will
be less, for the reason that, no matter
how highly bred the cow may be, nor
how capable she is, it is an impossible
ity for her TO TO produce anything un-
less she is provided with the materials
with which to manufacture her daily
product.
O.her classes of cows that excel In
producing large quantities Of milk. but
not 50 rich in cream, have an equal task
to perform. While the proportion Of
fat required may not be large, yet the
MIX is nevertheless to be made OF GER
tain materials rich in nitrogen and
phosphates. Her food, while Il may
be deficient in fat, should be as COM
plete as possible In those elements re-
Quired by her, and in making up her
allowance of food she must be fed diff
ferently from the cow that produces
large amount of butter in proportion to
milk yielded.
An animal that is growing requires
a more complete ration than one that
is matured, for it has not only to sup
ply bodily waste, but also to build up
the frame and increase in carcass. II
the same kind of food fed to growing
animal be given TO one that is matured
the excess will be voided from the
body as manure, simply because the
animal cannot appropriate It. In the
face Of these facts many farmers feed
all classes of stock together, making no
distinction between the growing steer
or the productive COW, the young or
the matured, and do not consider that
butter and milk are very different IN
composition, and that special feeding
materials must be provided according
to the objects fulfilled by each animal.
If due allowance is made for the
work done by each animal, and its
characteristics observed, a careful and
systematic feeding would save hun
dreds of pounds of material, while the
farmer would secure larger product
at a cheaper cost. With systematic
feeding comes good shelter, as the first
important duty performed by the food
is to heat the body and repair waste.
All over and above the immediate bod
lily requirement is that which becomes
product, and if the heat can be |
saved 10y warm stables and dry shelter |
the smaller will be the quantity requir. |
ed for repair of waste. The feeding of \
cornStalks and straw may assist the /
farmer to winter his stock, but any de- :
feieS:y of nutriment therein must be /
provided By more concentrated food,
such as grain, and the grain must be
Of the kinds that abound in the princi-
pal elements required for the different
purposes. =
THERE is nothing in the shape of
stock that costs less than ayoung colt in
proportion to its value when mStured.
Now when the summer is upon US and
the greater portion OF the food is not
for wear, tear and heat of the
body, the colt should grow very fast,
and that, too, by being allowed only the
pasture and a small quantity Of oats
iaIly. In the morning the colt need
not be given more than a quart of
ground oats, and then he should be
turned on the pasture for the day. At
night he should have all the ground
pats, with hay, that he can consume.
PROFESSOR ARNOLD, now in Eng
land, writes to Hon. Josiah Shull:
''The English dairymen are ahead of US
in some respects, viz. in skill In feed
ing and outstanding manures. They
feed very economically. If our dairy
men would ecOnomiZe as well they
could get rich and make their farms
rich at the same time. In the way OF
dairy stock and in the manufacture of
butter and cheese, they are not up 10
our best experts, and shall have very
little to bring home that will be useful
or impressive in that l.nen
Mr.. Asa WOODBURY., of Lanesville
Mass. appears TO be successful In the
production Of eggs. He had last year
forty-six Brahma hens, and reports
eggs for the year as follows: In January
753 eggs. February 660; March, 6S3;
Aprii, 7I2; May, 603; June, 103; July,
626; August, 512; September. 42G; Oc-
tober. 296; November, 35S; December,
S47, total, 7410 eggs. The total re-
ceipts and stock for the year out of the |
46 hens amounted to S3I7.50 and de-
Quoting the cost of the feeding-S93 As |
he had net profit OF S223.02.
a FEW sods and little cow manure |
made into heap now where you can
throw kitchen slops, will make an ex-
cellent compost for your flower pots
next summer.
REPORTS of the official testing of /
seeds at the various experiment. stations
appear to indicate that farmers make a
great mistake in buying seed anywhere
but at trustworty house, and even
then II il well to test the seed DreyiOus