The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
A Years Feed.

Those who desire to know how much
food a flock of hens will require in a
year may be interested by the state
ment that the poultry manager Of the
Canada Experiment Farm kept an &C.
curate account of what he fed out to q
flock Of fifty hens, mixed and thor
oughbreds, in one year-1,SS2 pounds
of wheat, pa pounds Of oats. 2S1
pounds of barley, 440 pounds of ground
grains in mash, or 1857 pounds of
grain at 1 cent a pound. They also
had 244 pounds Of cut green bone, at
the same price, 1894 pounds cooked
refuse meat at IL cents a pound, and
8 pounds z ounces blood meal at 4
cents a pound. They also were. given
vegetables and grit to the value of So.
making the total expense for food
$40.26, or S0A cents per fowl for the
year, 81, 1-3 pounds Of grain and nearly
10 pounds of meat each.
Removing the Calf.-Many dairy
men take the calf from the COW imme-
diately after birth, avoiding the
trouble there will be in separating
them If it is not done until the calf
has sucked several days. Those who
postpone the separation two or three
days do SO because the COW is more
quiet and contented, an important mat
ter during her feverish condition. II
is easy to teach the calf to drink in
either case. Whole milk should be
given for eight or ten days. and after
that some skimmilk should be sub
etituted, diminishing the proportion Of
whole milk each day until 1t finally
ceases to form any part Of the ration.
The skimmilk must always be perfect
ly sweet and lukewarm, and only SO
much given at each feeding as the calf
will entirely clean up. It will do quite
as we'll on this diet as II allowed to
suck.-Ex.
Food of. the Mare.-The mare with
foal should have plenty Of nutritious
food, but it should not be the kind that
promotes the accumulation Of fat. The
foal is developed through the feed to,
the dam, and for that development t
needed the class Of feeding stun that
builds up its frame. Aside from that
it is not we'll for the foal for the mare
to have much fat, as there is with such
condition often q certain tendency ia
a feverishs state which would prevent
the, foal from receiving healthy sup.
port. Let the feed contain but little
corn, consisting mostly. Of oats. bran
and good roughage. Just before the
time Of foaiing the feed should have
q somewhat laxative effect. and at the
same time should have the constitu.
ents that promote milk production
Texas Stock and Farm Journal.
Hay substitutes.-severaI Of the
large0varieties Of sweet corn. such e.
the evergreen. will. II planted. not later
than July first, provide q large amount
Of fodder for the latter part Of Sep
TENDER. When well cured before frost.
and fed dry this fodder makes . valu-
able and cheap substitute for hay dur
ing the winter. and 10 readily eaten
BY ali stock. II thinly sown' In drills
the larger ears can be utilized for late
table corn.
Protein (nitrogenous matter) II the
name OF group Of substances contain
ing nitrogen. Protein furnishes tho
matcrials for the lean flesh, blood,
SKIN, muscles, tendons. nerves, hair.
horns, wool, casein Of milk, albumen
d eggs, ETC.. and q one of the most
important constitnsnths q feeding