Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-19
v ARM ANIMALS.
a sueers.f"t FARMERS Experience With
~ hiad. 80 live stock.

4 suecr..f"i FARMERS Experience with
III hind- 80 live stock.
TIE i.nl # animals To- keep 10 have
a. ~ o., h.-i - rnnsid"rahlr of prob
hrn iluNr hr'n working at It all my
W" | Thought hal worked II out >,'>-
erl ilm"- 1nh then something would
tutn up and upset my theory and Prac-
t.r | h,ul, ever h,d a ihr"r, a great
~. e. 50 'h'ui tNiug Ia carry II out.
Il,rr B.. Yun, -,ti-f,etipn about II. II gives
mach ,Np,t.'ur,'. II may not always
p1,. hui nnr lrarnS something | do
,.,u nui ,iAaV- ln The same IN ms. or
follow the snsic id'uiral linz. The
Wulil n"Ars and some parts of II move
~ .tlA tni 80 Wr have ut To- think fast
nul l- ip aud dr,,,,-I or we will be- left
~ ~" r,tr
II ins not seem To- hr very sensible to
r. iu AL Tho h"ihrr ~ raising yellow
c,lrut-. 81 Z" hrg thrm. 10 color the
iutirt when an American Jersey Cattle
I luh bull can b' lrught for fifty dollars;
n,d Gull. hui If ia" h'>t breeding |
.uppn-,. very few know 1t. hut one good
lt>.N ruN. ur even one good half-bred
I,I.,N cuw will color the cream Of "A
hail dorm native COWS. ~ that the
butter will h. yellow enough without
carrot iulrc or annotto. There has
never hccn 80 good chance To buy
thoroughbred animals ~ now. | know
II ~omr far sighted farmers who are i'm
proving the time and getting the best of
hull aud other male animals. They
Will ut their money back four-fold.
The time la huy such animals is whcE
they are down IN price. then the capita,
invested ~ ll-m j. small. and they must
iurt,h., ~ >,lur ih> i, not the way
G,mrrs generally 'lo. ~ they jump in
wlrn lhin'- AZ way up and then have
Ia l~nr ia tum''l'.
THIS remnd, me IF sheep. Every
farmer almost Is talking down sheep.
sheep are all gone To the dogs they
say Well. sheep are down. and now il
the time Ia buy Buy few and start
u Hook. They are the incest stock in
the world u YOU do not know how to
handle them. then with small flock
learn Last winter kept over my full
il"ck. nhd bought hay for them nj nine
dollars ton.
did not lose anything except on a
small flock tried Ia feed for late win
ter market made n big mistake. and
u WIS In this wise: The experiment was
tried with the wrong sheep. These
were the culls Of the flock. lot Of ewes
not very old but full grown. You see.
the fccl was thrown away except the
manure left. because there was no
growth 10 them. They ought to have
been younger. and not over two years
old Then there would have been gain
IN size and condition. and these two
gains Would have made material gain
10 weight. They were grade mcrinos.
The big mutton sheep are different, rs
they will thickcn on the rib and fill out
all around. aud make large gain if
they are older. II pays the best to feed
young animals. knew this before. but
did not think the same rule applied so
strongly 10 common sheep. but il does.
This winter am feeding lambs. and
Mr. Woodward, who. see. is an expert
In feeding sheep. says can make them
double In weight. They want oats
mostly. with little corn, oil meal and
bran. with clover hay.
Now another thing. There is money
In feeding calves. I believe in feeding.
| want stream 81 feed coming on my
farm oil the time and drove
Of mca, animals going of. want
Ia run u kind Of meat grist-mill,
with the grist paid for and the
manure left for toll. and then my farm
will not run down stream. A farrow COW
will sucklc one or more spring calves.
and. with plenty Of food to herself and
the calves. NIL three of them will get fat
| In three months or less, and sell for
enough more. by the pound. to pay 70,
Themselves and the food they have eaten
] am doing this. too. this winter. Calves
which were worth only five dollars. the
first ~ November expect to get twenty
az twenty-five dollars for by February
and the cow will bc worth double hen
cost. The calves are not allowed to tug
side, then they are tied up in their places
Here comes oats again, as there is moth
Ing heitcr. They get oats and oil mca
with buckwhcat bran mixed. The oat.
make II Just right as food and to cause
them 10 chew well. and then all the
meal goes 10 the first stomach and i.
worked over again in the cud. Thi,
long process Of digestion gets all tn,
good out of the feed. Whereas, if il
was clear meal Il would more likely gc
direct 10 the third stomach and soon pas.
out Into the bowels. and considerabl,
portion would 90 through in the manure
and do no good. We have got to have fin.
work In winter 10 get any profit out o.
the barns and the stables. Farm
Journal