The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-08-07
Stock.

lHCT6dS6 III.
Stock.
The low prices for cattle and the
cutting up of the Western plains in
to smaller tracts by settlers, have
done much to break up cattle rang
ing; but some of the best bulls of the
country have been brought up by
those still clinging to the ranges,
which looks as if they had made up
their minds to stay.
Do not let the refuse cabbage
heads and the unstable stuff go to
waste in the field, for they are eX-
cellent for stock, and nutritious.
They will be utilized best if fed in
the stall; or, which is nearly as
good, turn the stock into the fields
as soon as you have removed the
heads, before the rest begins to de-
cay.
If your stock does not seem to be
paying quite as well as it should
take more pains to save the manure
than you have done hitherto, and
credit it against the cost of feeding.
1t will certainly help to remedy the
defect.
While silo is of advantage to al
most any farmer who keeps stock
through the winter, and of value to
all dairymen, let it be remembered
that green, succulent food increases
the quantity of the milk more than
it improves the quality, and hence it
is more valuable for milk marketers
than for those who sell butter.
We can never believe farmer
when he says he can not afford to
keep live stock. He can not afford
not to. Again, he is not consist
ent man who farms well as far as
the cultivation Of the soil is con-
cerued, and then keeps stock of an
inferior character; but such behav-
ior is not uncommon.
Grass is the cheapest of all foods
for stock. Aim to make all the beef,
pork, mutton, wool and butter posi-
Bile while the pastures are flush.
There is always profit in such pro-
duction. The rest of the year feed
ing is hard, combining and expensive
work, and less remuneratlve.
There are special purpose feeds as
we'll as special purpose breeds. One
is corn for making fat; another is
oats for making bone and muscle.
Be sure to be feeding the right thing
at the right time to the right stock.
Feeding at random is foolish bust
ness.
Profit in sheep depends largely in
keeping them always in good condi-
ton. No other animal RECEIVERS so
slowly when it has once become run
down. Sheep and hogs are the two
classes of animals in which a man
may make a good start with small
capital-a good start il he starts
with good animals.
Lice area very common source of
annoyance to all kinds of live stock
in summer, and are a serious draw
back to health and profit in feeding.
To get rid of them use a kerosene
emulsion; it kills the lice, the nits
and the eggs. Rub it well into their
hides with brush, and then sprinkle
the stable managers thoroughly.
If we examine the reports of sales
at our leading markets for the past
few years, we shall find that the
poor quality of stock offered has had
more to do with the depression in
prices than has over production.
There has never been much depres-
sion in price for the very top quail
ity.
AS the chances for our Western
ranges are continually narrowing,
and as our export trade is continual
ly growing, we would seem to be
surely approaching better era for
the producer. There may be ups
and downs vet, but these united
conditions must certainly establish
a higher range of value for the
future.