Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-10-17
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Young Animals.
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" ri no less degree does the profit TO be
.defivedftjm domestic animals depend
ppPn he.treat4ehA received byithese
animals while young and groYingi IL
these are stunted in their growth by
'andue exposhre, ! br ,fnsudicient or i'm
proper food, entire !reepvery and full
and normal development is rare.
Our wiftdrS ARE ustihliy SO mild that
zwF. d. rot make proper provision ct
food and shelter for our stock, and con-
sequently the cows that come, to the
ftsf'in the stiihg DIRE not In the condii
tion necessary for profitable milk pro-
duction.
y ft'is niiturai foriali females to lay in
'fieshsaHd fat, while pregnant and thus
store up supplies for the young in adj
vance. Iftheir surroundings are such
as to prevent this they are not able to
provide proper nourishnent for their
young, either before or after birth, t.,
Since our profits are derived either
from the milk provided by the mother
for It's young, or from the. rapid and
healtlrful growth of the young, we for
felf our profits by the neglect of either.
1t was distressing to read reports, dur
ing the winter just past, of the death
OF stock from starvation in many parts
of this favored hand. 1t is disgrace
| to the owners Of stock to allow such
/ suffering and loss. Not only humani-
ty, but self-interest, should prevent the
occurrence of such suffering land loss.
The mill owner who allows his ma
chinery to rust and wear for the want
of otNug, and dsprives 'hhhself of the
profits Of his investment because OF
failure to provide the raw material
10 keep the mill at work; twill soon
fail to meet his liabilities, and declare
that the manufacturing business iFfoes
not pay"
Such manufacturers are the excep-
tion.
| Nine-tenths of the stock in the cot
ton states are allowed to grow very
poor duringstbe winter, and very many
barely survive until the buds put
forth in spring. Until midsummer the
food consumed isentirely appropriated
to rebuilding the. wasted frames, in
stead of being devoted to the produce
ton of milk or growth. No ANNA
1 that is alternately starved and pam
pered can maintain profitably healthy
condition.
There is very prevalent idea among
farmers that pigs that are allowed {
run of the pea ;felds Or of the fatten
ing pen in the fall Twill die the mex
spring" They grow excessively fat il
the pea field or in the "fattening pen,
and the supply of peas are exhausted
or the fattening hogs are killed, thu
food supply is suddenly cut off, an,
they have only starvation rations dur
ing the winter and spring They thu
fall an easy prey to disease. The,
have the luck of the lousy calf"
Pigs of good breed will be ready TO
the knife at nine to eleven months o
age, if properly fed; while under TIL
treatment which they generally re
ceive they are not ready until.eighteel
or twenty months old.
IL would be poor economy for mil
to run on half time or half supplies
and require two years to accomplis
what might be done in one with prope
management. ~
From business standpoint domesti
animals. should be regarded as ms
chimes for the conversion of cheap, ray
material into more costly and valuabl
products. The value of COW depend
upon her daily yield of milk or butter
or her capacity of converting hay c
grass and mill-feed into milk, butte
or beef. The calf that requires thre
years to attain weight of 1900 pound
is less than half as profitable as or
which attains that weight in half tn
time. y
All young animals should be kept
q constantly-growing condition witt
out being pampered. = Agriculture
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