The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-26
FARM AND
GARDEN ~
INTERESTS
Managing Live stock.

The gain from any animal is by the con-
version Of food into some desired product
and the most valuable animals are those
that have the capacity of converting the
largest amount Of food into a product OF
some kind in the shortest period of time
but the farmer should utilize the breeds
which will accomplish the objects sought.
The digestive capacity of each animal diff
fers from the others. and a condition for
success must be created where they do
not exist Breeds must not be depended
upon alone, as the best breeds are the re-
suit of the most favorable conditions.
When the fall season ends and the winter
work begins the farmer, who must face
cold winds, storms. snow and ice, must
make a profit at a season when everything
depends upon labor and management.
There is a smaller variety of food and It's
quality is changed, the pasture can no
longer assist with IT'S green material, and
shelter must be provided in order to econo-
miZe in the food and thus reduce the cost,
success being attained only when the pro-
ducing animals are such as TO return
maximum product for the materials con-
sumed 1t is in the fall when the prepara-
tiOnS should be made, so as TO be able 10
give good care after the winter opens. WIN
ter work is such as 10 permit mistakes.
1t is then more difficult to balance the ra-
tions because the temperature of the at
mo5phere is more variable than in sum
mer, and also because, while the animals
when on a pasture can select their Ioods'
the farmer must then be the judge OF the
quality and kind. and is somewhat re-
stricted in his selections. With knoWl-
edge of the characteristics of the breed
used the anagement is less arduous and
the work is performed with greater et-
f1ciency.
There is no period on a well-regulated
farm during which idleness should exist
Stock raising combines many occupations
The dairyman who has a large herd must
rise early and work until darkness returns
The many little details will keep him busy
and there is always something to be done,
yet there are hundreds of farmers VINO
have but few animals because they OBJECT
to the work that necessarily follows the
keeping Of the stock, but such farmers lose
just so much time in the whole year and
also deprive themselves of that portion of
the profits which are made by utilizing the
homegrown products that are not salable
in any form unless consumed by stock.
They overlook the fact that every pound or
material grown on the farm that can be
used for other productions Of some higher
priced product increases the profits by
cheapening the cost, as well as the saving
in labor in hauling and shipping bulky
products to market. One operation on the
and just the same as spring seeding leads
to harvest. so does the storing of the prod
ucts on the farm lead to the employment of
the best methods OF diSpoSing OF those
profits at a season of the year when the
farmer is not called to the field to give his
entire attention to work away from the
BARNARD The care of the manure heap
after the fall is gone is alone worth the
machinery and implements may be over
hauled. Farm work has no ending, and the
labor that can be bestowed after harvest
will return a satisfactory product.