The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-19
roo5 on the Farm

r-ood on the FdTH-
.,.,,-al editor of the Phlladel-
Ine as-.s avs about the best work that
phlA f' % ret done for agriculture has
SCIENCES - line of establishing a rational
O91 ..1 ~ Of feeding animals. Ot course 'ne.e
H'' b-,ndreds Of problems IN alge''ion Anu
gre Ial, that are not yet solved. but we
pn'ri, ,Dornad enough to compound an intel
have ten ton for a COW in milk, or Tor a
hE7h. onioal. In all the farmers lnsti-
w. Won can hear reasonable ValA apou'
'l I.,;roids and carbohydrates and nuIrl-
o. -otios. and, although the lnlornia.lon
tl'o abstrnse points IS elementary, 1t Is
Oh L. far as it goes and sufficient to have
S'uHI l.1 i,,,roved general practice. But
laS 10 little doubt that in nine well
- farms out of ten COWS are 1ed 10
me- me- advantage and with better results
.,orpre is more valuable simply De-
alii -,,ra care is exercised in balancing
o'--,o +io, with larger proportion OF nitro
'ii' o1on,ents. And this result can be
se'i' ,.I,. +recad to the teaching of expert
u,.Tt in Europe and America, which IN
..-nc,ion has filtered through bulletins ana
GU :,,l+rral newspapers until it has soaked
o. -. .bo annrehension of reading farmers,
NV ,,n+iI their practice has been repeated
o.. ta,,,ars who have learned by observing
them. .
p-+;fitisa matter of so much impor-
+oDco TO the farmer to make sure that the
--aro,. nurriment gets into the stomachs of
r.. ori,rals does it not stand to reason that
~ sbo,ld be a little particular about what
-, into his own! He would not think
- ri,ior horse anything that he was sure
-.,,,lj ha injurious, for this would be worse
.boro waste But if indigestible food inter-
f,ros with the horses work and makes him
Io.s rseful. will not indigestible food have an
ini,rious effect upon his own efficiency? will
NOT dvspeDsia and disease generally rob his
bodv of its strength aud suppleness and
make his brain more s!uggishs And is not
opy subtraction from the value of his own
,oental and physical force a moro serious
,oss than any lack of vigor in his horse or
mule. And if it Is so important that his
vounc stock-his colts and calves-should
be properly fed if they ara to grow up into
strong and healthy and profitable ami mails,
is il not of more Importance that his own
children should be nourished we'll in order
that they may become vigorous and force
full men aud women!
There is only one reply to such queries as
these. But how is the farmer to know what
is the best food for him? And here it must
be admitted that science has done but little
for our instruction. Why should not
human nutrition and the comparative value
and digestibillty of food-stuffs for man be
made the subject of Investigation at our ex-
pertinent stations? In these times it would
be matter of interest to many farmers to
know how they could make dollar go the
farthest in the purchase of nutritious food
But until we know more there will be no
exc Use for the farmer who doeS not exercise
every caution and do just as we'll as he
knows how to do in this important matter
Everybody knows better than to eat in a
hurry d without sufficient mastication.
Everybody knows it is a crime to satisfy
his appetite and then to overlo BAD his stom-
ach because some rich dessert is offered
him, Everyone knows that food fried in
grease is indigestible; that hos bread is less
wholesome than cool bread. The farmer
who is a careful about his own stomach as
he is of his horses or cows will soon learn
what food is most Profitable for him. What
we eat is only one factor in our general
health, but if we give attention to thi, we
shall be more likely to stu ly all the laws of
health. If we only realized what a vast
Improvement upon the present prosperity
OF the country would follow an improve
meat OF tle general health, farmers would
D95la to loo& into leir kite ems as closely
as tley now do into their grain and bran
b-nS They would pay at least as much at
'entlol to food as they now do to fodder.