Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-11-11
Ynnng snftle in the Fall.

effort to have their young cattle
keep up steady gain. These men
feed well at some periods, but sup
ply only an inferior quality and a
scanty quantity of food at others.
Their animals gain flesh at one
time only to lose it at another.
Growth is also made irregularly;
sometimes it is rapid, at other times
it is entirely suspended. 1t requires
but little knowledge of animal
physiology to show one that a
course producing such results can
not be profitable to the owner of
the animals. Experience, too, that
able but costly teacher, has plainly
indicated that in order to obtain
the best returns from young cattle
it is necessary that they be con-
stantly kept in thrifty condition.
In the FAN many young cattle
that have gained rapidly during
the Summer, cease growing, and
even fail to hold their own, as far
as flesh is concerned. This is be-
cause they are kept too long on
Summer pastures. However luxu-
rient the grass may have been ear
" in the Summer, it is not very
abundant or very nutritious in the
Fall, late. A considerable proper.
ton of the grass which has not
been used has, with the approach
of maturity, become hard and I'M
palatable, while that of more recent
growth has been badly injured by
the Autumn frosts. Consequently,
young cattle that are kept in the
Summer pastures until snow flies, "
or anywhere near that period, have
hard time during the last weeks
of their stay. Their owner would
have hard time if he attempted
to figure out any profit from keep
ing the stock in this manner.
Cows usually have much better
care than the young cattle receive.
The owner thinks that the latter
are hardy, and that they will do
a good deal towards looking after
themselves. But he knows that if
the former are not fed well every
day there will be a decided falling
off in the quantity of milk which
they will yield. This will make a
diminished income, the effect of
which will be felt promptly and Sc
verely. In order that such an un-
pleasant consequence may be avoid
ed, the grass in the pastures is sup
plemented by green fodder, which
the owner grows for the purpose, or
by hay or grain. In making pro-
vision for the needs OF his COWS the
owner does well. If he would be
equally careful in looking after the
interest of his young cattle he
would enlarge the sphere Of his
profitable action.
In many cases the young cattle
are kept at such distance from
the barn as to make it unadvisable
to attempt to supply extra food
while they are in Summer pastures.
In such instances the animals
should be taken to the home fields
at a reasonably early time, and be
fed from the stacks or barn. Keep
ing them in the pastures up to the
latest possible moment will save a
little straw and hay, but it will pre-
vent gain that might easily have
been secured. This is equivalent
to a loss, though it comes in an in
direct manner. In many cases
there is, in addition to this, an actu-
al decline in value, thus practical
ly making two losses on the same
animals. They are losses, too
which, as they are easily preventa-
BILE, no farmer should allow him.
self to sustain.
Wheat middlings, with more OF
less skim milk, makes a ration on
which pigs will grow rapidly and