The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1890-01-10
STOCK FEEDING.


question Is more important than stock
feeding, and none should be more care
fully studied by those to whom it is a
| question of dollars and cents The sub
| Ject of the first of these bulletins, both of
which are the work Of F. B. DANCY, A. b. Z,
First Assistant Chemist, is practical
Stock Feeding on Scientific Principles, To
gether With its Relation to Chemistry. >
Mr. DANCY truly says: IF the farmers
are over feeding their stock in North Car
DINA, it ought to be found out More
than that ii ought 10 be promptly
stopped. In this first pamphlet Mr..
DANCY divides the discussion into three
heads / The Chemistry of Cattle Foods,
or what are the valuable ingredients OF
folders; end, briefly, how they are deter
mined. ,. The value Of each of these in
gradients in the economy of the animal,
and 3, The study of certain feeding and
digestion tables founded on the first two,
and how to use them in practical feeding.
Under each head he gives practical and
scientific information upon the topics
| touched upon, and gives carefully pre-
pared table OF Feeding Standards showing
the amount of food ingredients required
/ per day by horses, mules, oxen, milking
COWS, sheep, hogs, and growing cattle IN
all thtit conditions. He also gives a table
of the most common North Carolina fod
| ders. The standards given IN this bulle
tin are the result Of practice, and with the
exercise of good Judgment and common
sense will find them of great value.
The prime object Of Mr.. DASCY'S second
| bulletin on stock Feeding as Practised
in North Carolina Is TO give more definite
information than is now possessed Oh the
valuable ingredients OF various foods, the
terms adopted IN connection with those
ingredients, the relative value of one food
Is compared with another, &c.
In order to secure the needed informa-
/ tlOu blanks We're sent out to representa-
tive farmers III nearly every county III the
State. aud Information was asked as to
the amount Of daily ratlols furnished to
| horses, mules, oxen, sheep, milk COWS,
&c. The answers showed how pre- emf
nently Indian corn is the fodder of North
| Carolina farmers Hay and corn fodder
are used INTERCHANGEABLE, and next comes
| oats. Mr.. DANCY then shows by facts
that our farmers spend too much in stock
feeding, and says that if our farmers
would use a greater variety OF folders ID
| their rations instead of corn and hay
only, OF corn and fodder only, as is now
the practise, great waste of food mate
rial will be avoided To other observa-
tions and facts, Mr.. DANCY adds the testl
mony of prominent and successful farm
ers in all sectors of the State. PROF.
ALEx MCIvER, OF Pittsboro, thinks that
the manure alone pays for the feeding OF
cattle which ought to be housed at night.
Mr.. a. GRAVES, of Caswel1, advocates
regularity in feeding, and says Corn
with a horse is like too much new brandy
with a man. 1t will in short time burn
him out Mr. J. B. OLIVER, of Mt. Olive,
has found from actual experience that
| three bushels OF boiled corn, for fattening
hogs, will make as much pork as four
bushels of raw corn. Mr.. j. G. COOPER,
Of Dobson, believes corn and cob ground
together and mixed with rye meal, oats,
flax seed, bran &c, is good feed fol
work he recommends three quarts at {
feed Mr.. c. MCDONALD, of Concord, fec
his horses all last winter on clover hay
alone, and they We're L, excellent con
dition Afterwards ne fed with gallon
Of corn and as much meadow hay as the.
could eat each day. Under this feed the.
lost flesh Then he fed on green clover
followed by cured clover. They improved
rapidly on clover. Mr.. Z. D. LUNCEFORD
of Smithheld, always gives the same quan
tity Of food, whether horses are workin!
: or are idle Mr. L. B LINDSEY, of Doug
5 las, prefers grain TO be ground ID ever,
Instance. COT r. w WHARTON, of Wash
5 ington. feeds as much as the animal vii
eat up clean with good appetite. Mr.
BURWELL BLAETON believes mixed feed I
be tie best Of all Wheat or rye stray
a cut UP and mixed with a little corn 0
/, oat meal makes fine feed for cattle. DT
r. Il LEWIS, of Raleigh, in summer gra
zes on clover chiefly. In winter, feeds
/ corn ensiIage. He uses various graf
i mixtures, one being two pounds of cottoI
I seed meal and 5 pounds Of bran da,
/ Ma JAMES a. WILSON, of Hopewel, b'
u lieves chiefly that all feed ought to
i raised on TIE 2arm. In farming thirt
q wears la has 8ever bought pound of 70
! axe, Bat has often sold. We give thes
: views because in turning over new les
/ for the New Year, the farmers will
t. glad to see wherein they can feed the
stock better and cheaper.
/ Mr.. DANCY has given the farmers a va
y liable lesson We hope many of them W
g study it and put it into practise. The
IS bulletins can be had by any farmer upt
d application at the Experiment Station
n Raleigh n G.. We advise all our farm
readers to get them and study them.
OYSTER Pirates,