Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-03
The Mss'er of Calf Feeding and How It May
be Done with Prcfi'-Puttipg Up
sseers-se ching for Feeders.

ast what they will lick up clean, ana no
more. It is also good rule to apply to
horses, COVE, pigs, sheep, Chickens and
men.
It Is the little more than is needed that
does the mischief. II Just enough is
given to cili, the bucket or trough will
bs licked until i. looks as II it had been
secured. Then, Il still more is given
some will be left, and the damage is dore.
AT the next meal the appetite may be
greater or lese, both bad signs; II II
is greater, and the feed is incre ased TO
correspond, the danger OF deranging the
bowels is great: II II is less, there
Is danger of the apoetite becoming cspri
cious, and you cannot tell how much to
feed the calf. Il ie always better 70 err
ION the side of small ration in case OF the
calf; this is especially true when the calf
is grown for dairy COW. You want
plenty OF growth, but not fat; you want
The same thrifty appearance you expect to
have In the cow; 80 you must trein the
appetite while the cow is calf, xnd
when she Is old che will "be there"
A poor appetite in any farm animal is
grestly sgainss It's doing its best, no mat
ter where it is working, whether in the
dairy or before the pillow. Therefore in
feeding young animals, especially calves,
trsin the appetite; keep to the rule OF
making II licd the trough clesD, gradually
increasing the feed until you &c. nearly,
but not quite, 10 the poin. where t1e
trough would not be secured.
There aTe exceptions to all general
rul-s, and there Gre to this one; l have
raised some good cows aud dlsregarded
sll rules, but they might have been much
better cows il bsd been more CAREFUL. l
have also killed very promising heifer
c,lf OF not noticing in time tast the
bucket was not clean, end some feed was
Left. My remarks TO myself soous my
self on that occasion were strictly to the
pint.
A punch Of 500 steers WAS being de-
liyered ct Fort Worth. The cattle had
been contracted by z A. r .ddles OF Alvs-
rado TO A j. V.ck OF NsH Orleans, who
will feed them through the winter. This
last mentioned gentleman is one Of the
few scientific feeders in tue south. He
annually puts ~ sh1u5 5000 head, all o!
which are stall led aud fastened Oh the
uost approved principles.
FIN. Houts Of TIE Hereford ranch, De
catur, is one Of tle prouiest men in this
part OF the state, Gauge he is The owner
Of Ha.kaway, ,he bali which for years
has carried # the hon rs AZ all the fairs
where he has been ex aibited. Mr. Hou.s
would rot sell the animal An cfsr OF
Sl5C0 his been refused for him.
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- thst he
would send big bunch Of thoroughbred
and grade stock to She Sin Antonio fairl
which he eyosct5 will be d most SUCCESS
full afIir, as stock will be there from mo-
only reigbboriDg American states, hu
from all parts Of GA Mexico.
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II Is probable tnst Polk Bros. of Fort
Worth will have some OF their native
Jerseys or exhibition st the San Antonio
fair. There is lesson to stockmen II
looking st these animals, as showing
what can be done here IN Texas In the
way Of nstivs breeding.
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Colonel j. W. Burgess has r turned
from the southern psrt OF the stat where
he went to look for some steers to feed
through the coming winter. He went
cut 10 bis ranch ass evening.
T.F. Smith, Crockett county stock
man, who is going to feed some l50C
head Of steers not far from Fort Worth
wes Ii the city yesterday msklag arrange
ments for putting up his stock.
J. A. Frey, prominent S'ephenvlllt
co1man, was in Fort Worth yesterday.