The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-17

the nrst blister does not eject cure or
Improvement.
Feeding corn 10 Horses and Mules
There De- a greet deal written against
feeding corn 20 horses. and a good deal
Of the stun that 81 printed On this SUBJ
Ject is nonsense. puIe and simple. Corn Is
fattening food 20 is true But 30 cone
tains all tho WY from 8 10 70 per cent
u muscle forming element. tho latter hg-
ure being exceptionally high. Now th1t Is
not ruinously small percentage Of pro-
tein IN the food for a working horse. But
experience BE- worth quite as much as
scientific theories Thousands ana thou
sands Of farmers feed corn the year
round: their horses work hard. ard live MS
long as horses generally do As be-
tween suhug q horse with bay. and
feeding IL on corn when 81 is working.
we should prefer the corn. But the prop
er thing 20 30 Is 10 feed with sufficient
bulk TO make n more easily digastple
ana 20 furriA a larger amount 81 pro-
teln than n dntans We have never
found morc sst sfactory way 81 fecd
ing corn 10 horses BOO summer than 90 feed
meal mixed with cut hay. ana wet down
Fuquestionahly oats are better horse
feed than corn. and when 10 D. possible.
corn meal ana ground OATS should De- fed
together. but thar is not always possi-
bile on most farms corn Is the most
plentiful and will be- fcd .n spite OF
scientific remonstranre. The question 81.
81 the practice ruiuouse The answer is,
that while corn IS not che best ration 70
is admissible There o. "a vast difference
between feeding corn TO an active horse
and a sluggish COW. u. " W.
There Us a happy medium ln all things
There Is "a right way and there is a wrong
way Tor many things.
Corn IS not on IDEAL food. perhaps. u
should not be led by itself There Is "a
vast difference between feeding sne.ied
corn. much Of which may Doe imperfect
II not rotten. and feeding corn on the
ear any unsoundncss in which can be
readily observed.
Many valuable animals have been de-
stroyed In this country IN resent years,
all the result OF the very bad practice ~
feeding shelled corn. some years. rspc-
cially. Il viii be found that one Erain on
OF every four of such corn O. actually
rotten. Il requires a very close oNamli q.
ton TO determine how imperfect Fhcli'd
corn is. II g. a wonder that more animals
are not killed IN the south especially. Tor
most OF the spoiled corn g. worked on on
Southern consumers.
Fed on the ear and alouN with JUS
proportion Of good hn~ or fodder. ihefe
Is no better. no safer or no more econ
onical food for working horses or muleF
than corn.
This feeding on the ear makes vast
difference. Thus ia it Is easy 70 separate
tho had from the good. ana 80 is just a.
economically fed that way as whom SMELL
Cd
To have car corn We must grow " ohr-
selves. as 10 s. not readily obtained from
the West IN hat shape.
Where perfectly sound. sheled corn car
hc had 81 is a great economy 20 solk T.
before feeding a.. and 20 is an eoon"mE
70 convert IL into meal first. and the meal
should be well moistened az feed rs time
In ,his age of odulteration 81 IS almost
Impossible 20 get first class bread meal
iafless We meet certain requ.r meuis nee
essary TO securing d. II o. certainly none
the less difficult 20 get hrst-cla~s quail
ity OF shellcd corn for our stock.