Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-01-18

board spoke on profitable stock feeding.
In the course of his remarks he strongly i'm
pressed upon bis hearers the importance of
first securing the right animal one that
would utilize the food in a proper and profit
able manner. The animal is the machine 10y
which We convert the crude material into
beef, pork milk or wool as the case may he,
and 200 much Importance cannot "" placed
upon the machine. Too many farmers are
feeding lust enough to keep the animal alive
If he adds to that every pound VIII pay
largely to "A certain extent. Uniformity IN
feeding and the condition of the building are
not by any means to he overlooked. rs the
comfort of the animal is rs important a. The
feed. Keep the barns as nearly a puSNibl"
at the same temperature. Too much OF on
fodder is fed in the wrong proportion and
when fed in an imperfect ratio much is los
to the animal
Mr.. Wnslow-The first consideration in
feeding stock is to get our pay for the tod-
der eaten bv the stock II is also important
to get the right animals for the business we
are in. | can tell just how many pounds of
milk each COW in my dairy has given the past
year. The speaker referred to the import
ancc of farmers learning the capacity of their
stock rs regards the amount of food they can
consume To a profit also the results OF the
same Cows should be tested to know how
many pounds of butter each COW will make
in a year. When YOU know your COWS per
fectlv YOU know how to select intelligibly.
Mr.. Vail am making butter and using
Jerseys TO do it with. have not rs yet got
my herd as high in product as some of my
ncighbors ! pay more attention to the rai,-
ing Of pure bloodrd stock.
Prof Cooi,r-Out oi the feeding this win
ter comes the tcrtililing material for the
coming crop: and we should feed with this
idea in view Different foods have different
fertiizng values Some are very high and
some worth nothing Fat for instance is a
nttritivc food, but worthless as Il fertilizer.
Corn i. OF very high feeding value. but not
of high lertiliaing value only a, much as
timothy hay. Glover hay is worth twice as
much as timothy for manure. If You are to
sell any kind al hay sell timothy and feed
the clover. One ton of clover hay j, worth
after being fed for manure 800, timothy
hay only 81 Bran is worth more than cio-
Yer hay, its value being Sll per ton while
it costs about N2l per ton. The fertilizer
value of oil meal is Sii. Gluten meal costs
the same as corn meal and is worth twice as
much as a feed and three times rs much a. II
fertilizer. Cotton seed meal is of the high
est feeding value and also of fertili2ing value.
In speaking of the fertilizing value of the
above it is based upon the commercial price
of the elements found in the manure heap af-
ter it has been digested by the animal. Cot
ton seed meal has been used in corn as a ma
nure for corn with good results by putting a
handful in the hill but il would he much
better to feed the same as only 20 per cent of
| the manure value is lost in passing through
the animal 1t is one of the best and cheap
est ways of restoring Worn out farms to buy
| concentrated feeds and feed to animals that
will pay the cost of the same and leave the
| fertilizer on the farm free.