The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-17
Some Notes q Feeains.

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Keep only as much stock as you are
sure you can feed well. He who over
stocks his pasture damages his land,
and Is at the mercy of the weather,
for every drouth brings his cattle to q
starvation diet and makes them
breechy; and he who has more stock
than food in winter finds stock grow
ing improbable.
With high feed and low stock let us
hope that the country will get rid OF
its scrubs and that with the reaction
we will adopt the improved breeds for
profitable stock growing in the future.
Fortunately the market discriminates
against poor stock and will pay fair
prices for high grades and pure breeds
only.
The older an animal gets the more It
costs to put on flesh, and Il, us is the
case with hogs, beef cattle can be put
into shape earlier. SO as to command
the highest market price pound, cat
tie men will readily adopt the policy
Of feeding off earlier. There is often
more net prLet in 1000 pounds than In
! 1,5OO.
Animals will get along with little or
no salt other than that found IN o..
7 binary food, but experiment has shown
that II small quantity is added daily
they will appear brighter, their coats
will be sleeker, and they will have
more life. In other words, the secre-
! ton will be better and the animals
will be in better health.
II you are feeding any stock with the
idea of making profitable flesh, see
to 1T that they are we'll protected from
storms and cold in the approaching
months of winter. You cannot feed
them profitably otherwise. Nothing In
the whole system Of stock management
has been more thoroughly proved than
this.
Feed for early maturity. One farmer
will bring his spring pigs up to the 200
pound notch at six, or seven months,
and get the top price for them; and he
has done it cheaply;; for there has been
no check in their growth from birth
and no winter feeding. Another will
sell at midwinter, with pigs 50 pounds
lighter, because neglected.
Animals get into the habit of eating
so rapidly that half the grains enter
the stomach whole, and the outer
touch coating Of oats, barley and corn
cannot be.destroyed even by the strong
acids Of :the stomach. Not only is the
grain wasted, but the stomach is in
jured anu indigestion and fatulency
follow. For young or old the grain
should be ground.
The next thing to plenty of grass for
sheep is that they should have free &C.
cess to salt. II not kept where they
can get at 1T :all the time, It should be
given them regularly every day. They
are inveterate .lickers Of salt, and It
IFS conducive to their general health. It
.is the best Of remedies for scours and
other sheep diseases. Do not stint
them while 1t Is so plentiful and cheap.
Sleek Notes.
One man says that goats need about
the same care as sheep, and will live
much longer; and, he might have adj
ded, jump good deal higher.
Exporting live cattle to England
from the Argentine Republic and from
Australia has proved Improbable. The
voyage as too long, and the trip across
the torrfl zone too severe.
A cheap temporary sun break in the
pastures will afford the stock great
deal Of coGnfort, and win be money in
the pocket Of the stock owner, for the
stock will Hxive better tlian If uncom-
Portable.
Wool will Keep in the best condition
when stored IL a somewhat damp
place says American Sheep Breeder.
The hest place Is a dry sub-cellar half
above the ground. and that may be
well aired. When too dry, wool 10
its natural softness and curl.
Sheep, says a writer, are subject to
internal. parasites much more than
formerly. and focks are often deci-
mated by them. Salt. sulphur and
spirits Of turpentine are the best rem
edy. 70 administer II, take salt, four
parts; sulphur, one part; turpentine.
enough to slightly moisten; mix them