The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-18
LIVE STOCK NOTES.


Hogs require some kind OF coarse, bulky
food. Too much grain and nothing else
is detrimental.
Experiments show that 1t pays to rind
the cob with the grains of corn, as 1t pos
sesses nutritive qualities.
A good mess OF cooked turnips, fed
warm, will be of more benefit to the pigs
on cold days than any quantity of corn.
Animals of vicious habits should never
DO used for breeding purposes, as vices
are transmitted. By careful breeding in
this respect the dispositions of the animals
can be partially controlled.
Cottonseed meal should be used only in
sufficient quantity to balance coarse grass
aud rough forage. If fed in this manner
| il will assist in rendering the food more
digestible, and also supply those elements
that may be lacking in the rough food. 1t
may be alternated with linseed meal II
preferred.
| Many swine breeders regard solid earth
| floor the best for pig pen. 1t must be
| high enough to be readily drained, SO as to
| be dry at ell times. 1t is also customary
with some breeders to remove from six to
| eight inches of these earth floors every
! spring, drawing the msnure-soaked earth
on TO the Tiel0s and renewing the floors
/ with fresh earth.
Corn fodder is receiving some attention
as food for fat horses. If pulled when j1st
! turning yellow aud cured on the stocks in
] bundles where they will not lie on Che
! ground, the blades will he free from dirt,
| and therefore more suitable for those ami
mails thai are subject to heaves. They are
fed ia bundles or after passed through
| fodder-Cutter.
! Doraet sheep have been recommended for
/ raising IN the Southern states, principally
for the reason that they breed twice year.
/ IN the east Of England the lambs dropped
in the fall are sold at high prices during
| the midwinter holidays, and are a source
of great profit to the farmers. Obviously
there would be no profit in fall lambs with
winters as cold as they are in the Northern
states.
Very early lambs will begin to come in
this month, and too much caution to pro-
tect them from cold and keep them warm
cannot be taken, Many young lambs
become chilled at time of birth, from
which they never fully recover. A good
start az the beginning will add greatly to
! the thrift of the lamb. If eve be deficient
IN milk give the lamb to some eve that has
lost her own. Always try to save them, as
tie early ones are valuable.
o. Hen6eshot, Livingston County, Iii
nois, writes to the Prairie Farmer: In
answer to A. B. H, Phillips Co 1nty, Kan
sas, who wants to know how to feed twelve
! pigs that average 100 pounds, so as to make
them weigh 200 pounds as soon as possible.
l would advise plscipg them in a small pen
and giving them all the mush, made Of
shorts, they will eat, and the same Of corn.
| Give the mush milk-warm. They will
weigh 200 pounds in fifty days.
In mixed stock farming q farmer has
more than one string to his bow, and if one
should snap he would have another, or
several to fall back upon. II his hogs
should take the cholera and die, he would
have his cattle and horses to fall back upon,
which should not die; should the cattle
market be ruiuously low, horses might be
in good demand, and span of geldings or
a youpg FLY might discharge that interest
note or mortgage about to eEgulf his farm.
The basis of stock breeding and the dairy
should be permanent pastures and medoTs.
How to obtain these and retain them is
the question. In some places, on alluvial
lands, or bottom lande, the answer is easy
by letting them alone, and occasionally
sowing little seed in the thinned-out
places, or scattering little horse manure
over such spots. In such soils it is natural
for the grass 10 be retained, and it may last
for lifetime or century. On uplands il
is more difficult to Keep land in grass with
out its killing out in the winter. This In
clination is more common with some kinds
Of grasses than it is with others.