The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-23

as the chick is freed from the she'll put
il under the hen, and do not let il be
exposed to the cold air particle. If you
can help IL. Some of the finest chicks
we ever raised were Matched in this
way.
Several correspondents have written
asking for information regarding young
chicks. One has been feeding largely of
corn meal, and states that the chicks do
well enough until they begin to feather,
when they then idroop and become
sickIy. This is due to the fact that corn
meal contains but a small proportion of
the elements that assist in producing
feathers. In developing feathers. and
just when passing from the "downy"
condition. the chicks must have suita-
bic food, and often. or il will perish,
even when surrounded by an abund
ance of food not required for feather
growth. A feather contains nitrogen
and phosphates, the nitrogen (as am
monia) being maze known ~ the or
gans OF smell when the feather Is burn
ed. This nitrogen is that which is de-
rived from meat, milk. the gluten Of
wheat and oats, blood and some tines
from green food, but most abundantiy
from meat, milk, and wheat grains.
The pbosphates are derived principally
from ground bone. whear, oa;s. and
milk. The feather also contains sui
phur, soda, magnesia. lime. ana other
mineral elements. To properly feed
the chicks, they should have such n
variety of food as will contribute to all
the wants of the body, and corn meal.
though imparting fat or heat, will be
found insufficient. While feeding these
concentrated foods the chicks require.
also, something of bulky character.
such as cooked potatoes, chopped grass.
cabbage, lettuce. or onions, which serve
TO. assist the digestion. 4 COMPLETE
food may be made as follows: Cook
ground oats until well done in enough
water to serve the purpose until a gal
Ion OF the porridge has been prepared. |
Then add quart Of fresh blood or two /
pounds of finely chopped meat. half |
pound OF lnseed meal, an ounce of salt. |
one-fourth OF an ounce of sulphur. a !
pound OF ground bone. and enough 1
water TO allow it to cook fifteen minutes 1
more. While hot, add half a gallon of /
milk and thicken the mass 10 a snfT 4
dough with one part middlings and two
OF corn meal. Ofcourse this will make
a large quantity. but if il be baked as
bread and crumbled for the chicks, IL
Will be all they will require, while il
will keep for quite length of time. Ii
should be fed four times a dav. and in
the chicks should have green
'ood. III prefe red. the mixture may
oe made IN small quantities at a time
oy simply soaking the ingredients over
night and allowing the mixture TO boil
n the morning. then thickening ana
cooking in the shape OF bread.-Ef
Sorghum makes excellent pasture.
md keeps growing as fast as cut in wet
Or dry weather. Taken altogether there
5 no crop that pays better than sor-
,hum, and IL is 4 wonder TO me that our
armers do not raise more OF il. Try il
'nce ana you win raise il every wear.
sorghum will do well on any ordinary
lind OF land, and in any season. Low.
vet land is to be avoided. The sor-
hum plant will stand drouth better ,
han flood. II is good idea to plant
{ on newly broken sod. Roll it well. I
ND pulverize the soil rs much as posi-
lie. Have the ground ready 10 sow-l
rom the 18th OF May to the LIST Of July.
wheat drill viii put in the seed in !
God shape; it needs only light cover '
ng. Obtain clean seed and sow six to {
light quarts per acre, If mostly for J
eed. The stalks will then be strong :
nd coarse, but win have an abundance
( seed, which is very nutritious. Most I
eoPie drilIia from ten to twelve quarts {
nd even a half bushel per acre, which .
ives finer stalk with fair amount of !
eed. and these inner stalks are eaten
own better by sheep, cattle, hogs, or
orses than the coarser stalk Broad
astingis not practiced here. Some
nil It IN wheat or rye stubble, or after
ariy millet, and IL it can be thus sovn
y the miidle of July, II will give
God yield In a favorable season, but II
natures less seed. III the weather is i
~, and your sorghum does not come
p, you need not worry, as the seed will
e for month without iDjury. and
ome up with the first rain. When
e. ds begin to show. cultivate once,
I'D II the season is favorable. that is
y the care the sorghum needs, as IL /
rows very rapidly. and shadows ont I
else, When ripe. cut and
lock like corn, or cut and stack likelt
AZ. Save the pieces thar are extra good
nd make into molasses. Take the
rain 70 mill on 'buckTheat days" and q
ave IL served IS IL il Were buckwheat,
nd it makes excellent cake One acre 81
sorghum will feed yoar cattle or li'
ieep hive times longer thah the ssme \
mount ofeorn, and II fed TO sheep they Q
eed no other grainIo Much has been
~ - A1Nt1 " LAX y f<pAAlDc4l anu Olutl
Inds. have raised eighteen kinds,
nd myself and, neighbors all agree that
lie Orange is the best wehave seen so q
II. The molassesit makes has less of
he rank sorghum taste than that made :
many other kinds. One bu bel Of
ed will soy twelve aeres.N Some have %
II the fodder1Bit moving machine. r.
nd left scattered as mown.A Others p
ave rated 1T N sEindrows. and still n
hers have cutitup and put In shocks
ke corn the majority feed IL or stand f
e. When cut It has kept best by be- ;
x raked in windows, and for con L
snience in hauling afterwards put in
nall piles and jeff in the. field till
anted. II Is too bulky 70 be handled
UGH. aud ought to be fed with as little
Dor as possible. Many in this conn
y raise as much as 200 acres, and let
leir stock run in It all the winter
onths. without having cut Il at all. e
be best way. therefore, is 70 let the Il
ock do the cutting. but in letting
lem do IL great care must be taken not
} let them feed too long II fret. With n
ieep the first three or four DAYS, one r
larter Of an hour is all the time they :