The Progress., 1894-10-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATvEps or INTEREST ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Some Ip 10 Date u'"'a """"' '"
tim ~ the Soil aud Yields '"e'e"'
u,,t,,v,,vre Vl,icu,ture and s'"sF
culture.
Preparing fur winter.

Afser harvest It ia well to turn ones
Thoughts toward the long, cold win
10, aIoat and "Hgure' on what prep
ara,ions will DO necessary to carry
tho live stock comfortably through.
The proviGon Of an adequate supply
OF proper food ia Of FIRST Importance
and calculations should at once be
made "a to tho amount required. The
home supply Of such things M hay.
fodder, corn aud Data Ia usual am
r,e, but other foods arc necessary md
hy commencing early to think about
such things IT. will often DO possible TO
save many dollar, before rise in
rrice takes place. Every owner OF
atook can afford to sell off portion
OF his car corn, and with the proceeds
purchase bran, shorts, middlings and
oil meal, but In many districts where
grain In taken 10 the mill the "grist'
Ia got in trade and usually is better
sample than the commercial stutts
OIL meal is not yet commonly used on
tho average farm, but is becoming
rapidly and rightly popular, for surely
we can better afford to feed it at home
than send the bulk Of it abroad to be
bought greedily a, high prices by the
men that feed steers against our cheap
meat. In this country OF the
golden grain-maize or Indian corn-
along with such ample supplies OF
prairie hay and corn fodder, there is
surely rich supply Of carbonaceous
foods, and our stock needs such sup
plies for tho long fight against cold;
but we do not feed . sufficient amount
Of heterogeneous food to finely finish
prime beef, pork or mutton. Our
foreign neighbors use our corn iii
large quantities, but the American
food they prize most Is the oil cake
that comes from the linseed oil and
cottonseed oil mills, and they pay
prices that are really astonishing. The
FARMERS REVIEW would strongly adj
wise its readers TO substitute portion
Of oil meal or ground cake in the usual
ration for animals that sre being hn-
lshed for the Christmas markets, and
] such food need cost no more than the
old ration, il the cost Of the ration be
properly figured, MS but one part OF
the oil meal will be needed TO seven
parts OF carbonaceous food, such at
: corn. When laying in supply OF
such foods H.. Is, also we'll to take pre-
cautions against waste Of good feed
ing material due TO poor shelter for the
stock; for one OF the most seriou,
leaks In farm economy is that in the
barn that let's in drafts and so cause.
q waste OF heat producing food. i
should be understood that good venti
. lation--plenty OF fresh air-never 70
tards iattening when animals sro tied
! up indoors, for such air Ia needed Il
supply ill the other forces that unite
in tho assimilation OF food and forma
d ton OF flesh and fat; the hot non
T. oxygenized atmosphere Of an over
II crowded barn Is also detrimental, rs I
y causes animals to sweat, drink lsrg
1t quantities Of water, and In other way
h. fail to thrive. See, then, that tn
stables are we'll ventilated, yet fire
from drafts, and depend 1pon 1t tina
they will be warm enough when ful
:. Of cattle, and that too much warmt
~ ~ is decidedly detrimental. Anothe
- point to remember in preparing fo
y winter Is the water supply. which AZ
!, nually Is source Of trouble upon tho,
= sands Of farms. We need give littl
10 advice, but merely remind our reade,
Il, how absurd it is to have to water hul
~ dreds Of cattle from . common we
% and hand pump or have tho waite
u pipes exposed so that they are col
y, stan .lv freezing up and bursting.