Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS

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PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS
Farmers Exchange Experience on the
Wiater Feeding of Stock.
The March meeting of the Bslment
Co. Farmers Club, was held in the may
Or's Office, on Saturday afternoon last.
The room was comfortably filled, and the
utmost attention aad interest was man
lfested by all.
Secretary Mckelvey presented the pc
tition of the State Board of Agriculture,
praying the Legislature for an sppropri>
alton of $4,000 for the improvement of
the states new fair grounds, which was
signed by all present. After which
ECONOMY IN THE FEEDING OF HORSES
was opened by Henry Daniels, who gave
an experience in two methods of feeding
AS follows: Last winter, that is the win
ter Of 'S4 So, fed 25 tons of hay, 400
bushels of corn and ten acres of corn
fodder. in wintering head of horses, 10
head of cattle, $50 sheep and bunch Of
hogs. My horses were fed corn and hay
in abundance, but came out in the spring
| locking poor and unhealthy. This win
ter | saved 20 tons of hay, and fed my
horses, colts and cattle eRtirely upon
straw and corn fodder, with no addition
al grain, and they are looking fat, sleek
and healthy. He advocated the use of
straw as winter pTovender for horses in
preference to timothy hay; believed it
conducive to health and economy.
Mr. James Stewart suggested that in
| order to make straw more palata6le, it
be cut rather green and before the grain
was fully ripe-the straw would then be
more nutritious, and the wheat make
better -four.
Mr. } f Young could not entirely agree
with Mr. Daniels; preferred timothy hay
and thought straw should only be fed to
supplement hay; he failed to make his
colts eat straw; they would eat the re-
fuse hay of the COW stable in preference.
Mr. Daniels replied that in order to
make horses eat straw, it would be nee
essary to withhold hay entirely.
Mr. John Watson agreed in the main
with Mr Daniels-except when at hard
work, believed we could pro6tably feed
straw, and thereby save good hay for the
market. especially when hay commanded
such good prices.
Joseph Denham thought good groom
ing and regularity in feeding, with an
occasional handful of salt and wood
ashes for medicine, essential.
Mr. Amos Fawcett followe with his
EXPERIENCE IN FEEDING HOGS.
He endeavered to rear two litterS annu+
YNrafarraH nat ha for il,
March; Weaned the pigs when seven
weeks old, and fed corn neal mush. ad
ding milk when it could be spared; push
ed the growth and development of the
hogs from their birth, and endeaVored to
bring them into market at growth.
weighing from 250 to 800 pounds.
Joseph Denham ad led his experience
and practice; thought the loss of pigs
in farrOwing was caused by neglect.
A 7 McKelvey gave as a preventative
against cholera among hogs, one table
spoonful of equal parts Of copperas, salt
and sulphur, in milk or slop, over week.
This was pronounced a sovereign RENE
dy for many of the disorders incident to
fattening hogs.
Mr. John Watson followed with his
plan of
FEEDING SHEEP.
Mr. Watson divided his fiocks, putting
all the weak sheep in flock by them~
selves; this be called hospital. He fed
his sheep equal parts of corn and oats, at
the rate of one peck Of grain for so sheep
daily. Cleaned the racks out every
morning and fed the stubs to young cat
tie; never allowed his sheep to run to
the stacks, because of the waste; was
decidedly in favor of sheep houses To
shelter the fl0cks from storm and sleet,
but would not have the shed too close;
endeavored to have lambs come about
April 1st; believed the percentage of loss
in sheep through winter should not ex-
ceed that of cattle or horses, and was
all the result of carelessness or neglect.
Mr. Emmett Giffen believed the first es
sential was in proper summering, that
the flocks enter upon winter in good Or
der; the second was an abundance of
pure water and regularity in feeding;
the third, proper racks for economy in
| e-ding. When the fields were soft and
muddy, Mr. Gffen fed fodder in racks IA
inches wide and nothing was wasted; he
believed Mr. Cowden's and Capt Lees es-
Inmates of the quantity of hay necessary
to winter 100 head of sheep too high; he
could carry d flock of 100 sheep through
he winter in prime order with three
tons of grain and seven or eight tons of
hay.
At p m, the discussion closed. The
subject for the April meeting will be,
How shall we farm to attain the best
results in Belmont county" to be opened
by James Stewart, Joseph Denham and
j G Pickering.