The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-02
room Sos ANIMALS.

Bvt1o0oo 03oe00 - 0DeNDs -
dives - 1senits- To Cslssvsssss
The diGsstlbtiity u food = : measurs q
its yalus aud the eeon0my q ~ use. II
sny portion q = = not dieesssd = = %
much Wasted. - = ieese nas missed re
purpose Il may b gathered by swine o.
poultry. o. f may r lost In the manure
heap an6 some q ~ saius msy b tnns re-
covered but - ne usual fations fiven 70
fbe animals ~ stlnfed 70 regular ALLOW.
ancs Al that r. wasted goes e feducs this.
and thus disturbs the results expected.
II 0ne-thtrd ~ grain y lost without
enin - N animal, this reduces the
product ~ ths condition Ter
mose thsn this proportion. This TACT
IS rarely considered IN is frus light and
tmpoStance Il cne-hah the 1000 gwen
y usod up IN the mAantsuance o. An ani-
nal. . support tbs vital functions and the
ordinary wssts q tissue, one-hsH only -
ape1ied 70 useful product. - fst, milk,
buftes. growth o. work And Il one-third
u she uhole Il lost By escaping digestion,
and ~ v1tai functions are supported first,
then fhat which IL supposed to b used In
making useful product II reduced not one
third. bat two thirds, and One-third only II
left. A. thus: The ration amounts 70 II
pounds: the msintsnancs requfres
pounds; useful product calls for 8 pounds.
Then The ration being II pounds, one
third Il lost a pounds), leaving 3 pounds;
maintenance takes 8 pounds; left for prod
net, pounds.
Its thus seen that instead Of the product
from six pounds Of food, only that from
two pcr nds ~ Gained, and doubtless this Is
the reason for much disappointment in the
feeding Of animals for profit Not only 10
food lost. but the loss Il made on the part
Of the food from which the profit IL ex-
pected. And, moreover, once the ultimate
sbiIity Of the animal In regard 70 appetite
which may be regulated BY the capacity
Of the stomach and other intestines TO ac-
cept and dispose Of bulky foods reached,
II il serious injury TO increase the ration,
for this leads to disturbance Of the system.
indigestion and loss Of condition, or H.
most complete loss loss Of product.
Few dairymen feed whole grsin, but ii il
question: II they use the feed In sufic-
ientiy fine coudition. Country mi.lers dis
tinguish between meal for domestic use
and that for COWS, oxen and borseA This
IL chopped or ground coarseiy. and this nm
occasionally Ieads 70 considerable loss, not
OF food, but u product, IL am right IN the
way have put the matter, and think
sm, rs l am guided BY well known phys
biological laws. which are unaitersbIe and
binding upon I'll animals. / have been
guided BY this IN my own practice for
many years past, bat il Was never Drought
90 conspicuousIy 70 nv attention ~ when
living IN Eastern Pennsylvania some years
ago among those excellent practical farm
sfs who are commonly known - Psnnsyl-
vania Dutch.
had . custom mill On my farm: and
ground some thousands Of bushels Of feed
yearly for those farmers in my neiehbor-
hood They III insisted upon having the
feed ground - finely ~ possible for all
their animals, and ~ most Of them fed .
lev animals, more or less, through the
winter for the purpose Of using their grain
70 most profit and for making manure,
their instructive economy taught them to
make the iced go the farthest in making
profit. no other section, known to me has
SEEKER horses or more productive cows.
The fne butter Of Philadelphia came from
these farmers, and every fall their cellars
were we'll stored with tubs Of excellent
butter. which we're sought by buyers from
oil the large Eastern cities. And there was
not, nor Is there now, any lack of money,
or any deserted farms going about begging
for purchasers for cash when offered for
sale by executors or heirs for partition
and such only get into the market. No
other section OF the country has finer
barns, or exhibits better evidences Of pros
perity. than this--uot so much because of
this special economy. bat rather that this
is an example Of the whole method and
principle OF farming-an example which
where.
In every manufacturing business-and
farming is essentially such q business the
savings frequently make the profits.
leather up the fragments that nothing be
lost" is as worldly of acceptance now as
when IL was impressed upon the minds of
men more than eighteen centuries ago.
And in the present time, when the general
condition OF all industries calls for the
greatest economy Of means 10 the ends in
view. the most effective uses Of food is q
very important consideration for eyery
farmer. who should insist upon having all
the grain ground - finely as possible for
ali his stock. BY and by the pigs will be fat
tening, and it IS usual to feed whole grain
for this purpose. Undoubtedly one-half
the grain SO fed goes to waste. Expert
ments have been made. the results of
which have been offered TO show that there
10 no economy in grinding grain for them.
cannot accept any such conclusions, be-
cause 1t IL opposed to well-known physio-
logical laws and . well-corroborated prac-
tice.
Such experiments really determine
nothing rs against universal experience,
when economy is the principal element
Resides, the results differ. Some tests