The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-18
Whe Farm,


CATTLE. The most Humane and Profit.
able Treatment, by T. B. Terry publish
ed by A. L. Root of Medina, Ohio, in pa
per covers, price by mail 43 cents
This little book contains fund of
practical information, and is a volume
which every farmer ought to buy and
carefully study. Mr.. Terry is prac-
teal farmer, owns a small farm near
Hudson, Ohio, and his theory of practi
cal and profitable farming is built on
practice wholly. The reader will bet
ter under, tand after reading the follow.
ing extracts from the opening chapters.
The cheapest shelter may be made
quite warm by lining it inside with
building. paner. which costs but little.
Or the inside may be borded up with
old boards. and sawdust or chaff put in
between them and the outer boarding.
It is not necessary to have fine costly
building in order to have aoarm one.
When I came on to my farm | found a
poor old barn here that was just about
as much shelter to the stock as an apple
tree would have been. had no money
to build IA new barn. and | wanted to
keep some stock-what should l do? A
few logs were taken to mil and sawed
into boards and battens; and almost
without expense the barn was made so
warm that manure never troze in it,
and I could 90 around in the coolest
weather, caring for cattle with comfort
to myself, and usually without any coat
on. 1t was cheap-looking building,
but it was warm. I remember one very
cold night, when the wind was blowing
gale, getting up and going out through
the stables to see if all were comfortable.
It was SO very cold, 1 thought perhaps
an extra feed might be needed to keep
them warm. I offered the cows some
hay, but they looked at me with aston
ishment, as much as to say, "No, thank
YOU; we are all right; 60 back to bed
till morning" And I went back and
enjoyed my warm bed all the more be.
cause was certain my stock were all
comfortably warm.
Stock. to do their best, need to be
comfortable as we'll as warm. The two
do not always 60 together, although
they ought to. Stock may be warmly
sheltered, and still be uncomfortable.
IF they are, they will not thrive. as
every good farmer knows. Extra feed
may make up for lack Of shelter, and
keep the animals warm, the only loss
being to the farmer who furnishes three
dollars worth of corn meal to do what
one dollars worth of battens would
have done; but no amount Of extra feed
will make up directly for LOSS of com.
tort.
"What curry COWS and steers, would
you?" says some one. Yes I would, par
ticularly well.fed cattle that are gaining
flesh, they do itch so. My father used
to tell me that good currying was as
good as four quarts of oats, for horse
kept stabbed. He was right, and I don't
know why it isn't just as good for the
cattle. 70 be sure, would not enjoy,
particularly, currying poor scrawny
cattle; but give me nice thrifty short
horn steers, weighing about 1900 lbs,
and fat and sleek, and do like to card
them off and make them comfortable. 1t
is pleasanter than lounging around
town, and more profitable; and if the
stable is warm, I believe 1 had rather
do it than sit in the house by the fire.
You let horse stand to full rack
of hay, most of the time, when idle in
the winter, and see how soon you will
have his coat showing that he is out of
condition If it is early-cut hay. how.
ever. and hence more easily digested,
it will not injure him so much.
One of the best horsemen I ever
knew once told me that when I wanted
to get big days work out of horse,
to feed him heavily the night before,
and only lightly during the day; and l
have often seen in my experience the
wisdom of his advice.
Had my man, that time when I left
him in charge, fed my horses only what
they would eat up clean in about II
hours, of the nice early-cut hay, three
times day, and watered them as often,
and taken as good care of them as he
did, he would have saved me good
deal of hay and kept my horses thrifty.
He did his best. but he simnlv did not