Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-21
ADVANCE FARMERS, clUs-No. 2.

Paris Ne.
ADVANCE FARMERS cLuB-No. 2.
YANKEErowN, N. II.
Pres.-will the Squire please open
this evenings discussion by advancing
some subject for consideration!
Sauire-Mr. Chairman, u word which
YOU dropped Ia your talk the other
evening set me To thinking. sm keep
ing dozen steers and feeding them all
winter without any profit, but to get up
nv wears wood aud sometimes help
break the roads on our highway distric,.
Now can haul my wood with one or
two yoke lust as well, and ] see by the
paper that the grange IL going To have a
biIi passed at this term OF general court
AZ Concord To put the roads In the hands
of A board Of road commissioners In
each town, and then We won't get
chance to work our teams on the road
half the time when there is any snow;
40 have been thinking that perhaps !
had best put my steers into cows; but ]
don't know what to do about selling
nv butter, and I don't know as can
make my cows pay I'm the winter, ana
nv pasturage at home won't carry more
than three or four cows anyway; so i
don't know what to do about IL.
read Of their using silos and feeding
sllage 10 the cows to make them give
more milk, and some feed cottonseed
meal. but don't know whether II Will
pay or not II costs good deal to buy
L.
Uncle Rob-This AR cottonseed meal
the Squire spoke Of feedin' to cows, 1
hain't no faith in no how, Ter you
give Il To 'em they will shrink all up so
YOU can't move thar hide over thar ribs.
By gum, I know that's so, cause not
morn three weeks ago l bought pair
of cotton brltches down To Jake VIII
liams' store, and by gum, l wore them
out In the rain, aud that ar cold snap
We had at Christmas shrunk them all up,
40 when I came down from chopplug
wood that cold Monday night, they
wouldn't reach down To the tops OF my
COW hides. No, sir. wouldn't feed no
cottouseed meal to my cows less could
get Il into them dry.
Pres.-If Uncle Rob had put those
cotton breeches inside OF himself they
would not have troubled him by shrink
ing | warrant.
Captaln-I had COW last winter that
gave milk while all the rest were dry,
and wanted to make her give all the
milk I could; so | got some cottonseed
meal aud gave her and | never saw
COW shell out the milk as she did.
Deacon would like 10 know how
much the Captain gave her and how
much milk he got.
Captsin-well, I gave her three
quarts of meal. ground cob and all, ana
one quart Of cottonseed a day, and she
| gave little more than seven quarts OF
milk per day, and the butter looked Ike
June butter.
Deacon was afraid tn give my COW
more than a pint day. But | am feed
ing four cows and Il takes good lot OF
IL now To last month.
Sauire-Mr. President, would like to
ask the Deacon how much he has to pay
for his cottonseedr
Deacon-I am paying sl.55 hundred
now, and IL don't last more than
month. =,
Squire-what do you do with your
buttery
Deacon-I sell IL at the store and get
| twenty cents a pound.
sauire-IIow much do your four cows
make In month";
Deacon-well, W. sold In December
about twenty-four pounds.
Csptain-Ihat one COW was speaking
Of made enough butter for our famiiy
and We sold four pounds week beside.
Saulre-D,d the Deacon or the Cap
tain ever feed any shorts.
Captain-I am feeding some now; i
don't know how much good they do, but
the cattle look better, | think.
Deaeon-I had rather feed small po.
tatoes for looks than shorts, II l had
them To spare. =,
Doctor-Can't we put In a silo aud
save using our corn that We husk Tor
cattler
Pres.-I think IL would be much
cheaper 10 build silo aud ill IL with
well-matured corn, With the ears ON,
than To husk the corn and then
pay for having IL ground. Ihe
labor Of husking 800 bushels oil ears u
greater than that required to raise it and
get IL ready To husk, on farm that Is
well adapted to coru raising. IL you
feed il from the silo the cows Will eat
cob and all. would put all the corn
desired to feed to cattle aud horses In
the silo instead Of husking.
Sauire-Supposing | keep ten cows,
instead of three, what shall do when
IL comes summer, with so little pastur-
Ing.
Pres.-Soil them.
Souire-Can do that as cheaply as l
cab pasture, and will they do as well, to
soil them "a to pasturey
Pres.-Yes; and they will do better,
give more milk and gain In flesh.
Uncle Rob-By gum, l never did hear
of that AR before. My father, poor old
man, he used to soil his cattle Tor lice,
but I never hear tell of soilin cows
instead of feedin'. haint no faith In IL,
by gum. A..
subisct pretty well under consideration.
This question could not come up at
better time, for the successful farmer
lays his plans months ahead.
Uncle Rob-Ssy, what kind Oh dirt do
you use, sand or muck.
Pres.-Both In their proper place,
Uncle Rob. In the first place, We will
II COn>luer tine Wi-uoul VI Suukink sso0,S
into cows. Beef last week Was worth
only $3.50 to 50 per hundred weight In
market. The coat for food Will not vary
much from fattening n 3-year-Old steer,
or keeping medium sized COW In good
flow of milk. The cost, In either case,
" IN not be far from twenty-seven cents
a day for each COW or steer, for we'll
balanced ration, at present costs OF
different foods. II you get an average
increase Of thirty-dye pounds per month
on your steers, you viii do better than
the average farmer. This would give
YOU about s. increase per month on
growth, To which add the value of the
manure you will save, II well cared Tor.
o., and Il will make In round hgures, 20
per month income from each steer,
while the expense Of feed viii be
9 s2.x30-ss. 10. leaving YOU In debt ss.i0
on each steer at the end of each month.
The cost Of keeping COW, which you
ought at present to get In the market
for that six foot steer, will be nearly the
same, and ought to give you pound "f
butter per day. or thirty pounds per
month. and II properly made aud sold.
it should at present prices net you ID