The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-06-26
Stock.

AS no one material is a complete
ration in itself, a combination of
materials is necessary in order to Sc
cure the best results at the lowest
cost; but adaptation to the purpose
for which we are feeding is all i'm
pOrtant, especially since it is an item
to feed economically.
Because corn is convenient feed,
it is used very largely during the
growth of animals, while in truth it
is not then an economical feed.
During the summer, for growth
alone, middlings is cheaper and
better material, and is better adapt
ed to the growth of bone and muscle.
1t is possible, by cleaning the pen
out once or twice week, and dis
injecting it with lime, to keep the
place in sweet presentable condi-
ton, where it is possible for hogs to
live and grow fat without contract
ing disease. If cholera breaks out,
this is the quickest way to check it.
The spring pig may shuttle for him.
self fairly well when grass is abund-
ant, and it is usually plentiful at
that season; but when it comes to
allowing the fall pig to shuttle for
himself, the chances are that he will
be failure as source of profit. He
must 60 into winter quarters in good
condition.
While horses are cheap and farm
laborers comparatively dear, there
is no use hiring a man to work with
horses, and then give him a team
which will need to rest at every bout
I with pillow or harrow. A three horse
team will usually do one-third more
work than one having but two.
% Cows seem often to become at
tached to sheep when habitually
herded together, and when dogs mo-
lest, the cows will attack and drive
them off, Just as if the sheep were OF
4 of their own kind. Small farmers
with a few sheep, therefore, will dc
well to herd them with the COWS al
night and permit them to Craze to
gether in day time.
We often deny animals the very
things which our natures crave, for.
getting that they are similarly con
stituted. Ashes, charcoal and sal
supply mineral elements essential t
! health, and far better than a resor
? to condition powders and other med
icines. They will cleanse anC
purify the system III the safest way
In raising calves from the paid d.
, not forget to scald it out every day
: and do not change to cold milk too
| suddenly, but gradually change to
, mixture of it with oatmeal porridge
| Do not neglect a lump of chalk o
; clay in the stall, to which the calves
, may resort as remedy for acidity
A sheep which sheds its wool i
) one which has impaired digestion
/ is most common in sheep pas
their prime, when taken from pas
: ture and put on dry hard food. TIL
g bowels become constipated and th
3 animal feverish, and the wool i
3 loosened. Nothing can save tn
sheep after it gets this far.
t There should be more succulen
: food prepared for the sheep il
S winter, and old sheep, whose teetl
f have begun to fail, should be dis
a posed of in the fall. If they are ia
then, they are worth more for tn
e butcher than they will ever b
t again. III they at this stage begi
e the downward grade, they ar
n worthless.
: Because certain farm animals ar
}. Iscavengers to some degree, the hes
h results are not obtained by usin
= them as such. What the farme
wants in live stock is a machine t
Z take the raw material produce
# upon the farm and convert it int
d manufactured goods. The mos
r successful farmer is the heav
4 feeder,