The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

rich ID protein that II rs ono Of the
best foods with which to s'balance Ia
lions. Il has become . standard food
Tor cattle and sheep. Why not use It
for horses and imules? Thousands Of
work animals In North Carolina can
be better and more cheaply Ted Il cot
ton-seed meal Is used for part or all
the grain. No experiments that we
know OF had been made when we be-
gan to agitate the question, though
some cotton-seed meal feeding to such
stock may have been done.
u Two old horses were secured for the
purpose OF ascertaining the effect Of
cotton-seed meal in q ration. They
were fed q good ration for ten days,
consisting Of clover chan threshed out
with crimson clover seed, corn meal
and ship-stuf. One horse gained and
one lost weight on this ration, while
both were kept at usual work. No. i
gained IL pounds daily, and No. lost
81 pound daily. The ration fed during
this period to both horses is given as
No. below.
During the seconu period both horses
gained weight-No. / at the rate OF 1.6
pounds per day, and No. 2, Al pounds;
or, If the apparent loss in weight Of
No. 2 during the first period were due
to reduced stomach contents, conse-
quent on change to better than pre-
vious ration, and this gain distributed
over two periods, it would be equiva-
lent to 1.56 pounds per day. The daily
weights show irregularity and falling
back during the first period; but when
two pounds of cotton-seed meal had
replaced two pounds of corn meal and
ship-stuhf of the ration in the first Pc
Rod, there was an almost regular ad-
vance in body weight. -
After the first two periods the~same
chaff was continued two days and the
grain changed by reducing corn and
ship stuff one pound each and increas-
ing the cotton-seed meal one-half
pound. Then, with the grain fed reg
ularly as thus changed, timothy hay
was fed in place of the chaff. Horse
No. 1 refused the hay, and ate only
what meal he could pick off, leaving
hay, saliva and meal in excess of the
hay feed. He was discarded after four
days Of this kind of feeding. Horse
No. 2 was continued eight days, al
though he nearly held his weight. Mel
Their horse showed any symptoms to
indicate that the cotton-seed meal dis
agreed with them, but both objected
to late-cut timothy hay after crimson
clover straw and chaff.
Poultry Notes.
It is reported that the New York
egg market took over 100000, 900 dozen
eggs last year. These retailed at an
average of 20 cents per dozen, it is
claimed, and, if that is so, the receitps
were in excess Of $20,000,000. The
figures are, of course, conjectural. But
it is possible to arrive at something Of
an approximate estimate by getting
figures from the could storage houses
and the commercial interests that
yearly consume enormous quantities
Of eggs. The calico print industries
are supposed to use over 40,00O,O00
dozen per year, and many other trades
have to have large quantities. The
Increase .ip these industries Is an in
dex of the great demand there will be
for eggs in the future as well as in
the present. The production OF eggs
appears to be one branch Of agricul-
ture that it is hard 70 6verdo.
Some Of the large egg dealers of
Chicago and other cities express some
dissatisfaction at the outlook for the
packed-egg business. They claim that
the meat-packers are trying to get
hold of the packed-egg business, and
are manipulating freight rates IN
way that places the egg dealer at a
disadvantage. They also anticipate a
very large egg production for the sum-
mer, and believe that the number of
eggs brought forward in excess of cur
rent requirements will be such as to
threaten the stability of the market
when the said eggs are taken out Of
storage this fall.
More care should be exercised by
poultrymen in the selection of breed
ing stock. Usually the eggs that are
set are taken as they fall from the
whole mixed flock. Take an ordinary
flock Of fowls. It is possible to pick
out one-fourth of them that are ex-
ceptional in appearance and apparent
vigor. The same applies to flock Of
pure-bred fowls, but it applies still
more to the common farm fowl. 1t
takes but little effort to separate the
desirable from the undesirable types.
This would result in an improvement
every year. -. 49,.
Australian Exports Of Poultry.-The
Australians have begun to send poul-
try to England in some quantities.. As
their fall comes when our spring does
| their fowls are at right age to ship
when they will bring a fancy price in
the English market. The farmers Of
| Australia hope to build up a large
trade in this kind of product.
Ewes Disowning Lambs. Why &c
|ewes disoWn their lambs? Sometimes
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