The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
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 a
flock Of fifty. hens, mixed and thor
oughbreds, in one year, 1882 pounds
Of wheat, PA pounds of oats, 2s1
pounds of barley, 40 pounds Of ground
grains in mash, or 1851 pounds OF
grain at 1 cent pound. They also
had PA pounds Of cut green bone, al
the same price, 1874 pounds cooked
refuse meat at ~ cents pound, and
pounds 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 fooi
$4026, or S01z cents per fowl for thu
year, 81 1-3 pounds Of grain and nearly
13 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 cali
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
stituted,. Diminishing the proportion Of
whole milk each day until it finally
ceases to form any part of the ration.
The skimmilk must always be perfect
ly sweet and !ukewarm, and only Sc
much given at each feeding as the call
will entirely clean up. It will do quite
as well on this diet as if allowed to
suck.-Ex. 81
I. Food OF. the Mare.-The mare with
foal should have plenty of nutritioui
food, but it should not be the kind that
promotes the accumulation of fat. Thu
foal is developed through the feed t.
the dam, and for that development il.
needed the class: Of feeding stuff thai
builds up its frame. Aside from thai
it is not well for the foal for the mar.
to have much fat, as there is with such
condition often certain tendency te
a feYerish state which would prevent
the foal from receiving healthy sup.
port. Let the feed contain but little
corn, consisting mostly Of oats, brar
and good roughage. Just before thu
time Of foaling the feed should have
"a somewhat laxative effect, and at the
same time should have the constitu.
ents that promote milk production 81.
Texas Stock and Farm Journal.
r Hay Substitutes Several s of the
large varieties Of sweet corn, such al
{ the evergreen, will. II planted not latel
than July first, provide a large amount
4 Of fodder for the latter part of Sep
TENDER. When well cured before frost,
and fed dry this fodder makes 4 valu.
able and cheap substitute for hay dur
ing the winter, and is readily eaten.
by all stock. II thinly soWn in drills
the larger ears can be utilized for late
table corn. sss @ ss ST
Protein heterogeneous matter) is the
name Of a group Of substances contain
ing nitrogen. Protein furnishes the.
materials for the lean flesh, blood,
skin, muscles, tendons, nerves, hair,
horns, wool, casein OF milk albumen
OF eggs, etc, and Isl one Of the most
important const ituents OF b feeding
stuffs.