Thomas County cat., 1886-11-18
FARM ANIMALS.
thorough Feeding the Most Economlcal
Policy That Can BE Pursued.

thorough Feeding the Most Economlea1
Policy That Can Be Pursued.
During the recent meeting of tho
New York Dairymen's Association Mr..
Terry. of Norwich, n. Y. made an
elaborate address on the subject of
farm animals. which will be read with
interest by dairymen and farmers
everywhere. We have space only for
the following leading points:
During the flrst cold storms in tho
fall many mortgage is put upon our
choicest cows. AL stock should be
sheltered early and during all cold.
stormy weather. Give them light,
warm and well-ventilated stables. No
farmer can afford to feed his stock out
in the field on the ground. In winter
always feed in the barn and with lib.
eral hand.
Sometimes during the warm spring
days 1 turn my stock into 4 dry field
and feed them little hay. am con-
vinced there is nothing gained by so
doing, and l fear it is often done at q
loss. If you ever have watched the
stock of the enterprising farmer whose
animals were well wintered you will
find them to show the good effects
through the summer season.
The labor and expense to raise an
animal poorly is nearly the same as to
raise it properly and keep it in a thriv-
ing condition. Stock will not thrive
on poor feed and bad water. They
should not be compelled to 60 fifty or
one hundred rods through a peliing
storm, then get down on their knees
and suck the water through hole in
the ice. Running water in the barn or
yard is a good investment.
During the months Of November and
December our farmers generally work
Off their coarse fodder. 1t is most al
ways fed at loss. Three-fOurths of
it would be worth more in the manure
pile. Stock neglected in the month of
November will require extra feed dur
the succeeding winter and spring to
compensate for the poor feed they have
received during that month. Stock
should be fed from three to five times 3
day. Always be regular and feed with
care. Cleanliness in all things should
be observed. See that the feeding
troughs and managers are clean after
every meal.
High feeding is an important sub
ject, and one that requires as much
skill as any other branch of farming.
Animals of the same breed will not
thrive alike on the same feed. Some
require more than others. A half
starved steer turned into a good past
ure will sometimes make very good
beef in the fall.
MIR. Terry gives the following expert
ment in feeding two short-hOrn steer
calves: They were born March ! and
fed the milk of their mothers for five
days, when the milk was skinned after
settling, warmed and each fed eight
quarts per day for four weeks. After
that the milk was gradually increased
to sixteen quarts per day, with the ad-
ditiOn of wheat, bran and hay. The
bran was increased gradually until at
eight weeks old they received two
pounds of bran and cOrn-meal per day
each, until they were two hundred days
old. When the milk began to grow
SCauty Tie UTdh saiiu IucdI WcIc liz
creased to six pounds each per day.
At the age Of POO days they weighed
1886 pounds, and had gained, from
the time they were dropped, 1,1O6
pounds. This is at the rate of five and
a half pounds day. After they were
200 days old, they were fed six pounds
of bran and corn-meal fer eighty-eight
days, when they weighed l, ,544 pounds,
thus gaining 2ss pounds IN eighty-eight
days. In addition to the milk and
meal feed they received all the good
hay they would eat. When the milk
began to fail, warm water was used
and the ground feed increased from
two pounds to six pounds. Dry hay
was always fed when in stock and also
sweet skim milk, adding enough warm
water to make it lukewarm. At tho
age of 2SS days. both animals were OF
the same weight-772 pounds each.
The cost of the meal fed was S14.1O. |
the milk at S14 and the hay
at So, the total cost aggregates $50. 10.
the value of the live weight |
Mt AZ cents per pound, the amount
reaches S69.4S, leaving balance of
and labor deducted