Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-03-17
scientific Feeding.

Scientific Feeding,
The point on which farming has
made the greatest and vet least
noticed advance is the better
understanding that now prevails
among progressive farmers about
the feeding OF domestic AMI
mails. II is true that large
part Of the food that used 10 be given
10 stock was either wasted or was.
positively injurious 1t is yet Tor
that matter. among the large class
who give little thought to their onsl.
ness and despise the teaching q
newspapers and experimental sta
tiOns TO alternately starve ana
stun animals used TO be considered
inevitable. II was the condition OF
nature. and it was argued that Wild
animals in state Of nature usually
maintained good health. Those who
argued for better feeding than ma
lures methods were told that what
was gained in hesh making was
likely to b. offset by weaker consti,
buttons. and often by an impairment
Of the digestive functions
That this was lsometimes a fact
was true. The science % feeding
has been Of comparatively recent
growth. and 10 feed 10 the best man
ner animals whose digestion has
already been injured requires TOre
skin than most feeder, possess We
are at last learning that for the
very best feeding animals must b.
guarded against iujudiciops food
from birth. and even earlier than
this 1t is possible certainly 10
stunt pigs before their birth ana IL
is often done when breeding sows
are fed too much corn They are
apt in such a case 20 iaFrOw pigs
whose digestion seems to be impaired
even from birth GENERALLY. how
ever. young animals have good appe-
titles and are able 20 digest what
nature has provided for them The
first milk they get from their dam s
is always laxative. and the weakness
81 very young animals insures them
against getting more at first than Is
good for them. In fact, Tor d number
of days after birth suckliug their
dams provides the kind and amount
Of food that is best for growth aud
future well being Of the animal Il
is when the natural supply become.
insufficient that the injury TO diges
tiou begins Either the young ant.
nal Is left with too little, or Il j. APT
to be greatly overfcd, or Ted with
what is too hard 70 digest % the
two evils, under feeding Is the
smaller.
There were farmers who studied
ont this problem oil feeding before
the days OF scientific ana ysis say.
the American Cultiyator Thcir rra
soning was that good feeding re.
quired as nearly as possible con
tinuatiOn Of the feeding which yOuHg
animals received from their dams
the amount fed being gradually in
creased as the animal Decam,
stronger The digestive organs lik,
all others in the body. are strength,
I ened by use and weakened or injured
| By abuse. What is called dyspepsia
I almost always results from bad feed
ing, alternately starving and pam
pering, or the q wing Of food that i
difficult Of digestion. Sometimes tn
trouble with digestion Is that thu
food is not properly balanced. The
natural appetite calls for the kind o
food that the system requires 1
this is not furnished any substitute
for it will be eaten less heartily. will
not receive its due proportion o
saliva and viii .lot digest we'll
The analysis OF food showing ii
\ different constituents has Only mad
more plain the reasons for the sue
cess OF some old-fashioned feeder
and the failure Of others By show
ing what ratiOns for growth for fat
tentng aud milk require IL has mad
it possible for all TO be REASONABLE
successful There Is far less feedin
OF corn to young or TO breeding ami
mails than used TO be common. Whe
corn Is fed now IL is ia combinatio
with less concentrated forms OF zoo
and those having more OF the flesh
muscle and bone.forming materia
than has corn. There is far NOR
use Of fine wheat middlings as a COZ
receive Of the excessive carbonacs
Gus corn meal and also as an aid {
better digestion. than many farmer
imagine II they are fattening AMI
mails, they often suppose that tb
more concentrated fattening foo
they can get eaten. the better wi
be the result But skillful fec det
know better II Is not what Is cate
but what is digested and assimiiate
that benefits the fattening anima
With a balanced ration and som
bulky food to distend the stomach
the fattening animal will cat NOR
and maintain its appetite, which
will not do II fed only on the mos
fattening food.
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