The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-22
FARM ANIMALS,
Thorough Feeding the Most Economical
Policy That Can BE Pursued.

During the recent meeting of the
New York Dairymen's Association Mr..
Terry, of Norwich, N. Y, made an
elaborate address on 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 a mortgage is put upon our
choicest cows. All stock should be
sheltered early and during all cold,
stormy weather. Give them light,
warm and well-ventilated stables. No
farmer can afford to feed his stock out
in the field on the ground. In winter
always feed in the barn and with a lib
eral hand.
Sometimes during the warm spring
days [ turn my stock into a dry field
and feed them a little hay. l am con-
WINGED there is nothing gained by so
doing, and | fear it is often done at
loss. If you ever have watched the
stock of the enterprising farmer whose
animals were we'll wintered 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 it in thriv-
ing condition. Stock will not thrive
on poor feed and bad water They
should not be compelled to GO fifty or
one hundred rods through a pelting
storm, then get down on their knees
and suck the water through hole in
the ice. Running water in the barn OF
yard is a good investment.
During the months of November and
December our farmers generally work
off their coarse fodder. 1t is most all
ways fed at loss Three 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 to
compensate for the poorfeed they have
received during that month Stock
should be fed from three to five times a
day. Always be regular and feed with
care. Cleanliness in all things should
be observed. See that the feeding
troughs and managers are clean after
every meal.
High feeding is an important sub
ject, and one that requires as much
skill as any other branch of farming.
Animals of the same breed will not
thrive alike on the same feed Some
require more than others. A half
starved steer turned into a good past
ure will sometimes make very good
beef in the fall.
A steer that has been fed highly on
grain and roots turned into the same
pasture will not weigh any more in the
fall than he did in the spring.
All animals should be pushed to early
maturity and never be allowed to 20
back or even to stand still. We should
study the necessities of animals to
make improvements in stock-raising.
Hay and grass is the natural food for
cattle, but in connection Herewith va
rious kinds of grain should be raised,
and the feed, if possible, all raised on
the farm. Farmers can not do with
out wheat, bran and some roots. A
dairyman should not be satisfied with
a dairy of COWS that will make less
than two hundred and fifty pounds of
butter each in a year.
MIR. Terry gives the following expert
ment in feeding two short-horn steer
calves: They were born March l and
fed the milk of their mothers for five
days, when the milk was skinned after
settling, warmed and each fed eight
quarts per day for four weeks. After
that the milk was gradually increased
to sixteen quarts per day, with the adj
dition of wheat, bran and hay. The
bran was increased gradually until at
eight weeks old they received two
pounds of bran and corn-meal per day
each, until they were two hundred DAYS
old. When the milk began to grow
scanty the bran aid meal were in
creased to six pounds each per day.
At the age of 200 days they weighed
1886 pounds, and had gained, from
the time they were dropped, 1,106
pounds. This is at the rate of five and
half pounds day. After they were
200 days old, they were fed six pounds
of bran and corn-meal fer Lightweight
days, when they weighed l ,544 pounds,
thus gaining 288 poundsn lightweight
days. In addition to the milk and
meal feed they received all the good
hay they would eat. When the milk
began to fail, warm water was used
and the ground feed increased from
two pounds to six pounds. Dry hay
was always fed when in stock and also
sweet skim milk, adding enough warm
water to make it lukewarm. At the
age of 2SS days, both animals were of
the same weight-772 pounds each.
The cost of the meal fed was S14.10.
Estimating the milk at S14 and the hay
at IS, the total cost aggregates $50. 10.
Estimating the value of the live weight
at Al cents per pound, the amount
reaches S69.48, leaving a balance Of
profit-p1easure and labor deducted
of $40. 3S.-M 7, Herald.