The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-01-23

of go cents per pound, while fowls
fed on cracked corn alone cost s Clio
cents for each pound of grain. The
cost of feeding poultry is too seldom
as the grain is given out
in small quantities; but the fact is
that under our ordinary careless
methods it often costs more to get a
fowl ready for market than it is
finally worth while, by attention to
proper methods, there is almost no
animal food that can be produced at
go small cost in proportion to its
selling value.
Cattle which stand much in the
stable are especially liable to that
painful and injurious disease-fOul-
in-the-fOot. When any kind of filth
becomes lodged between the hoOfs
that part becomes inflamed, swells,
and discharges matter, while fun
gold growth develops at the same
time. When a COW bee mes thus in
hicted she loses flesh, strength and
milking power, and dalrymen who
wish to Keep their stock in good con-
dition can not attend too carefully to
their feet, and, is a preventive of the
disease, OF course to the cleanliness of
the stalls. Ii the trouble does come
washed, poulticed with linseed, and
afterward dressed with sulphate of
copper or carbolic acid. The foot
should be kept clean, and the cow in
doors to rest.
One remedy always within reach of
the farmer when he seems TO be suf-
fering from over production is to vary
his crops. There never is really such
thing as all OVer-productiOn OF food,
for, however plentiful certain arti-
Gle may be in one region, there il
sure TO be a scarcity somewhere else,
and if We could have an even and
economical distribution of the crop an
.quitable price could always be OBJ
tanned. 1t is also true that however
plentiful the harvest may be, in tue
main, there will be a scarcity of some
product. So the farmer who grows
several kinds of crops is less apt to
feel the effect of glutted market than
ne who confines himself to a single
staple. In any event, because prices
happen to be low, do not think it IL
wise to diminish your production.
Grow all the more, and thus lessen
The cost aud leave larger margin for
profit. In time of depression it is the
larger crop that pays, and that only.
Vi
and grow more bushels than you ever
lid before upon each acre. and you
may eventually snap your fingers at
low prices.
We have become pretty we'll educa-
ted up to the fact that the long feed
ing of hogs is not profitable; that the
shorter the time consumed in fitting
them for market the better pay we
will get for our corn and clover. The
same principle can just as we'll be APP
piled to feeding of sheep, for they can
be made to take on as much flesh in
10 weeks as they commonly do in
from four to five months; that is, as
much as mature sheep can take on.
Sheep men have got into this habit OF
long feeding season from the fact
that weathers can be bought cheaper
in the fall, and they would bring to
feed at once so as to have them in
shape for spring market. When
grain is thus fed all winter, 1T is safe
to say that One-half of the grain is
total loss. AT the best, a 80 or 100
pound weather will not take on more
than Is or 20 pounds, no matter how
long fed, and this gain can be made
in 1G weeks as well as in twice that
time. 1t is difficult to get profit,
even under the best of circumstances,
from feeding old stock. The follow
ing date upon this question, as it ap,
plies to sheep, may prove of value:
Sheep of the age from seven to ten
months made a gain of IA pounds
live weight for each 100 pounds of
digestible material consumed. ThOs e
from 10 to Is months made gain of
1915 pounds: those from ID to Is made
a gain of 10 40 pounds, and taOse
from Is months to two years old made
a gain of 3 40 pounds. These fig
ures plainly show where the profit is
to be found. j. r. +.
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