Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-28

subjects sud mauner Of treatment,
altogether very pleasing to aud much
appreciated by the seeker after In
formation.
The last pamphlet Of the kind cone
talned number Of reports Of more
than usual interest Among them Is
one from the consul At Chem
ni,z 5aEony, describing the novel
experiments made last year by
/ farmers on the continent Oi
Europe with the leaves Of trees for
feed Tor their cattle. IL will be remem'
borei that last summor was n disastrous
one for the fodder crops Of Germany
and France aud that shipments u hay
rom this side Of tho Atlantic were nc-
tually male 10 tue former country.
This pfovei costly ami In other ways
unsatl-fAotory; sui % necessity Is pro.
verbally the mother Of invention, 10 is
not surprising that tho Europeans
should have begun caiiiug about Tor a
more acceptable way Of relief from the
impending famine. The result OF their
experiments may be- valuable " Amer.
lean farmers. aud even western iarm'
ere, at a future day; ospuc tally when
the latter have learned that II IL more
humane and more profitable to DO a
little schemlng In times ot threatened
scarcity than to turn their cattle loose
on the ranges aud Ia the hills to
"rusilo" Tor thomseIyes.
Tho French, says Consul Monaghan,
have taken the lead In the move.
menL They recommend exclusively
the leaves OF tho hazel, aspen, ash, elm
aud willow. The leaves, after being
gathered, are spread on the barn door
to tbs depth Of four inches, ani are
turned once day. They Try In from
three to i've days, according to the
weather. When dry they arc piled up
ready for use. tits profitable to pre-
pare each days supply twenty.iour
hours beforehand. There N mixol with
the leaves 10 be sufvci each day a.
small amount OF ohopped.up tutnips,
leaving tho whole " frrmunL Just
before feeding, clover hay or lucern Ia
sometimes added. This food has been
found especially good for milch
cows. Young shoots and branches Of
trees, with thelr now leaves, are picked
Of every i've years and fed to sheep.
rhese animals arc very fond Of nepen,
because VI It's rusinoui and sweet buds.
Willow leaves auI bark mixed with
oats are regarded a. very pleasant,
nutritious aud strengthening food for
horses. IL 10 not good 10 feed the leaves
greet; In fact, this cattle prefer them
dried. Again, they should be served
only with other fodder When the
leaves are young thoy contain large
quantity Of nitrogen. As the season
advances this grows less, as do also
Iholr nourishing properties. ltissaid
that July and August, when the leaves
are iuil gown. IL tho best tins for
harvesting them. Experiments we're
made with potato leaves, but the To-.
suits weTo unsatisiaet1fy. rncy
SHOULD be used only In times Of great
-, soareity, ami only then TO save the
lives Of stock. The potatoes deprlvei
Of their leaves suiitr much mlro than
II msIo up by their vAlus Tor 70 iior.
Consul Monaghan would no, DO u
true American II Ia this incident
he did not sec something from which
his own country could draw profit. He
concludes with aquery sni an asssr.
tlon that everybody will agree la con.
sidcring timely and lncon,foverilble:
All this trouble il takon la Europe 10
hnd substitutes and 30 save cattle, aud
yet 1000 UJl,ulD bushels of tho bost food
Tor mau aud beast burden tho grannries
aud barns " the UnItoi SAlos. Why do
not the European farmers tako our
maizog t. s Infinitely botlor than ihUir
host substitute, IN ouo.ihird as doAr as
rye or wheat, aud, ln tho testimony OF
their own chemists, almost as nutritious
though twice us dear ~ potatoes, 10 10
more than four times as nutritious.