The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-03
FARM ANIMALS I s
fhorougA Feeding the Most Economeena
n Policy That Can lie Pursued.

HI Policy That Can lie Pursssd.
During the recent meeting Of tho
New York Dairymen's Association Mr.
Terry. o( Norwich, N. Y, made an
elaborate address OH 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 first cold storms in the
fall many q mortgage is put upon our
choicest cows. AL stock should be
sheltered early and during all cold,
stormy weather. Give them light,
warm and wcll-vcntilated stables. No
farmer can afford to feed his stock out
in the field on the ground. In winter
always feed in tho. barn and with, q lib
eral hand.
Sometimes during the warm spring
days ! turn my stock into q dry field
and feed them little hay. am con-
WINGED there is nothing gained by SO
doing, and ] fear it. is often done al. q
loss. IF YOU ever have watched the
stock of the enterprising farmer whose
animals were well wintercd 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 1t in a thriv-
ing condition. Stock will not thrive
| on poor feed and bad water. They
should not be compelled to 20 fifty or
One hundred rods through a pelting
storhI then get down on their knees
and suck, the water through hole in
the ice.a Running watef In the barn OF
| yard Is 4 good investment
During the months of November and
December our farmers generally work
off their coarse fodder. It is most al.
ways fed at o loss. Threc-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 tc
compensate for the poor feed they have
received during that month. Stocl
should be fed from three to five times {
day. Always be regular and feed with
care. Cleanliness in all things should
be observed. See that the feeding
troughs and managers are clean, aftel
every mexl. s4
High feeding il an important sub
I ject, and one that requires as mucl
i skill as any other branch Of farming
Animals Of the same breed will no
thrive alike on the same feed. Som
require more than others A hall
starved steer turned into q good past
ure will sometimes mako very goo,
beef in the fall.
MIR. Terry gives the following expert
ment in feeding two short-horn stee
calves: They were born March ! an,
fed the milk of their mothers for fiv
days, when the milk was skinned afte
settling, warmed and each fed eigh
quarts per day for four weeks. Ate
that the milk was gradually increase,
to sixteen quarts per day, with the ad
diti0n of wheat, bran and hay. Tn
bran was increased gradually until q
eight weeks old they received tw
pounds Of bran and corn-meal per de-
each, until they were two hundred day
old. When the milk began to gro,
scanty the bran and meal were in
creased to six pounds each per day.
At the age Of 200 days they weighe
1886 pounds, and had gained, iror
tho time they were dropped, Ito
pounds. This is at the rate of five All
q half pounds . day. After they wer
200 days old, they were fed six pound
of bran and corn-meal fer eighty.eigh
days, when they weighed l,544 pounds
thus gaining 2SS pounds IN eighty-eigh
. days. In addition to the milk an
meal feed they received all the goo
hay they would eat. When the mil
began to fail, warm water was use
and the ground feed increased fror
!, two pounds to six pounds. Dry ha
was always fed when in stock and ais
sweet skim milk, adding enough war;
water to make it lukewarm. At til
age of 2S8 days. both animals were {
.. the same weight-772 pounds eacl
The cost of the meal fed was $14. II
Estimating the milk ut $l4 and the ha
J at 80. the total cost aggregates $S6. II
Estimating the value Of the live weigl
at A cents per pound, the amour
!, reaches 500. AZ, leaving balance I
profit-pleasure and labor deducted
of 1888. 3S.-M Y. Herald
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