The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07

GETTING IN READINESS FOR
WINTER.

possible calculate to make ample pro
vision for his stock during the inclem
ent season of winter. This will mean
suitable shelter and stabling for ami
mails of all kinds.
No part of the country is so we'll
favored in climatic conditions as not to
REQ lire something of this kind.
In some portions Of the South and
West there may not be only small
part of the year when shelter is act
ualIy necessary, yet in these favored
localities there sometimes come storms
Of unusual severity, or cold freezing
weather, when much loss is sustained
from animals that perish for want Of
some kind Of shelter, which will often
amount to enough to prepare suitable
accommodations for just such contin,
gencies.
In these portions of the country it
will be found to pay to have some form
of shelter, not elaborate or expensive,
but easily built and cheap, where, when
the weather is severe, those animals
needing it most, can be comfortably
housed.
And not only the purposes of shelter
should be considered. If animals are
to be fed-and it is diff cutt for those
living in the East to conceive Of part
of the country where this is not neces
sary to some extent-there should also
be accommodations for feeding ami
mals This will mean convenience and
IesseL ed labor on the part of those hav.
ing charge of the animals, less fodder,
or a better utilization of that given,
and q N ore tq1sl distribution among
the animals fed. It will also mean
better results from the animals thus
cared for.
In the great grain growing sections
of the West where the keeping of stock
is practiced in come ction Herewith,
this m alter of better accommodations
for the animals is becoming OF in
creased impor tancs. The time is passed
when it will be considered either eco
nomical or practical to feed good for
age out in the fields, where consider
able amount must inevitably wasted
This will not pay at present prices OF
fodder, grain and stock, and better
system of management is imperative
and farmers are accepting of this fac,
when they provide more literally for
the comfort and better care of their
animals.
Now more than ever, within the
past few years, is such a course OF &C
ZION of the greatest Importance, when
the prices Of cattle, es oecially in the
great regions of the West, have at
tained to such high figures.
1t will pay the farmers here to do the
best possible by their animals. They
have the grain and fodder out of
which, when fed to the best kinds OF
stock, to make the finest qualify of
oeef, es we have found even here in
Ene far East; and now with suitable
accommodations for feeding and caring
for these animals, the cost OF this sye-I
tenn OF farming will be reduc and the
profits increased.
It appears there is a scarcity Of cat
Gle at the West and young animals are
being taken there from the East to be
grown up and developed into beef
products or the dairy. But a few
weeks since a cattle dealer here shipped
two car loads Of calves to help supply
the demand for more stick.
1t is possible that these are intended
more for the dairy than beet purposes,
as they are bred on that line, bus at
any rate if sho bsst success is exp cted
from them they should be prop rlg
cared for, or there may be disappoint
menG and failure in the end.
The careful farmer will have his
barns and stables in readiness for
before winter is at hand. Il is DOOR
policy to allow or force stock to remain
ou7 in all kinds of weather, getting
6heir own living as best they can, until
the fields become bare and the ground
trCz9n.
In a considerable portion Of the
country the drouth has been severe the
pes season, Sd that unless stock re
cetves h6tle extra attention between
now and wint r, it will be liable to
come to the barn in a poor condition.
This should be avoided. as far as pos.
sible, as it is of much Importance to
have animals thrifty and hearty at the
com of winter when, with
proper feedi0g and cara they should
keep right along in a satisfactory man
uer until ready to go TO the pasture an
other spring
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