Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-05
tions not to large extent. Yield Of
ensilage corn per acre, Il tons. Amount
of stock fodder on hand, 106 per cent.

ensilage corn per acre, Il tons. Amour
of stock fodder on hand, 106 per cent.
ANDRoscoaeIN coNNrY.
WEST MINor.-Economical stock feed
ing is Of the utmost importance to tn
farmers of Maine. Our feed for tn
winter is secured, how to use 1t to ad
vantage ia the problem. cure my COR
fodder in the field, and cut my grain
oats and peas-and cure for hay. NJ.
grass is all upland, as cut less than
ton of swale hay. My grain ration con
sists Of cottonseed meal, bran, feet
flour and corn meal, fed as the cow
require, twice per day. / first feed m.
corn stover, and If it lasts after housing
time give part hay. After the stove
comes cat and pea hay, combined will
good hay. Then feed what little poo
hay have, and finish the season OF
good hay. feed light on coarse fodder
and quite we'll on concentrated feeds.
feed and water twice per day. BY having
plenty of sunshine in the tie-up, anC
carding the cows daily they are conten'
and yield literally. believe corn is the
most valuable crop we can produce.
raise both sweet and yellow. At the
present prices of sweet corn without
doubt yellow corn is what we should
raise, having the ears ground, cob and
all. Combine this with oats, peas and
barley, ground, and the need Of pur.
chased feed is largely removed. When
we get our farms where we can manage
them to produce this ration, we shall be
nearer success than we have been in the
past. w. Z. LELAND.
AUBURN.-I have tried rape as q
green fodder, and fed it to cows, being
careful to feed directly after milking.
With me it is the best green feed 1 ever
used. cut it with hay cutter, and
there is absolutely no waste. My COWS
do better on il than on corn fodder, and
if it is properly planted they can have
green feed until the ground freezes.
Next season / shall plant no corn for
fodder, but shall use rape. The farm
manure should be kept in a cellar, and
the COW and horse manure mixed as
much as possible, using sawdust as an
absorbent. 1 plant hardly any crops,
but plow the land in August and Sep
spread the manure, harrow
with disk harrow, and
seed. P. NJ. AUSTIN.
WEST AUBURN.-From' my observation
| Judge that farmers lose more money
by injudicious feeding of stock than in
all other farm operations. have not
yet learned stock feeding so well that l
dare branch out in the business. very
much doubt the advisability of increas-
ing stock husbandry beyond the limit of
the capacity of the farm to produce
food. What kind of grain or meal is the
most economical to feed with timothy
hay at the present time to produce
cream? To produce muscle? To pro-
iuce fat? S. A. SHAW.
[NoTE.-NitrogeneOus grains like cot
tonseed meal, gluten, bran, or ground
pats and peas, with small feeds of corn
meal are the most economical to feed
with timothy hay for the production of
milk or cream. If by muscle you mean
and ability to work we would
make the grain ration largely of corn
meal; if you mean the laying on Of lean
meat or growth, we would feed the
same as for milk, increasing the feed OF
bran. For fat, corn meal is the cheap
est and best for all animals.-SEcRE-
rARY.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
PHILLIPs.-The farmer should feed
his best hay to his cows, sheep, work
horses and working oxen, If he is FORUM
lte enough to have team of the last
named. Young stock, and any kind Of
,attle not used for work or dairy pur-
poses, will do very well with a liberal
AMOUNT of straw and coarse hay with
plenty of running water and warm
barn. The most economical way to feed
my kind of fodder to any stock is to
1--WE just enough to keep them from
being hungry. The plan should be to
rive regular rations at stated times, SO
hat the appetite may not be injured by
100 little food at one time and too much
1t another. Almost any man of ordi-
nary intelligence can very soon tell from
the amount necessary to
Keep creature in thriving condition.
Ny method of caring for farm manure is
% let both liquid and solid drop into the
cellar together. That from the horses
should always be worked over by hogs,
md the cattle dressing is very much i'm
proved in that way, if one has the
chance and the hogs.
JAMES MORRISON (Member).
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
MoNMoUrH.-Hay, oat and pea hay,
led in regular quantities as will be eaten
I'D clean, in the barn and not in the yard
% be wasted, are economical feeds.
Good well cured, low ground hay can be
with grain and the better
hays and fed to young stock and milch
cows to advantage. Corn fodder, when
cured, is an excellent feed for
'aving hay. Silage, I believe from OBJ
'ervation, is more economical way Of
feeding corn fodder. 1 think roots
should be more generally fed by those
Who do not have silos. The purchased
grains usually fed in this dairy section
ire cottonseed meal, linseed meal and
bran. Most farmers should grow their
,wn yellow corn and feed 1t ground
With the cob. l am thoroughly con-
,inced that this is more economical than
growing sweet corn for the factories, as
he average yields have been in the past.
No method of caring for farm manures
,an be adopted better than to have barn
cellars or barn sheds, with pl"nty Of alb
'orbents 80 that the liquids may be util-
zed with the solids. In this way the
ull value of both is saved for the grow
ng crops. w. Il. KEITH.
OXFORD COUNTY.
PoRTER.-I think the matter of stock
'eeding during the winter season is one
If great importance to the farmers of
,ur state. Our stock should be fed and
regularly during the whole pc
i'd of housing time In order that they
nay do their best. The feed should be
ss nutritious a. economy and conven-
ence will allow. Most farmers cut more
,r less coarse fodder, which II mixed
with better quality and fed to cattle
will be eaten much better than II fed
Alone, and the good quality will be
,aten just as well. If grain is fed when
,ne is feeding ensilage, 1t is my expert
,nce that it is much better to sprinkle
The grain on the ensilage than to feed
,ach alone. II one has roots to feed to
stock I would advise, from observation,
hat they be fed in March or April, un-
ess he has a quantity in store. Roots
led in March tend to make the stock
more vigorous and healthy when turned
,ut to pasture. A. II. MASON.
BucKrIELD.-I am handling all of my
manure in the fall, and plowing it under.
The results have been very satisfactory.