The Republican journal., 1903-01-08
Stock Feeding in Waldo County.
REPORTS to Department of Agricultu1

Reports to Department of Agriculture.
W1NTERPoRT. Cows we feed hay
three times a day, or dry corn fodder
at night, if we have it, instead of the
hay, and grain twice, morning and
night. The grain is composed of bar
ley or oats mixed with corn, in equal
quantities. and ground, quarts at a
feed. Water is kept in front of them
so they drink when thirsty. Turnips
or carrots are fed at mon, four quarts
cut with root cutter. Sheep are fed
hay twice, at o'clock in the morning
and three in the afternoon, with one
quart of roots at noon and plenty Of
water. The first of April we feed one
pint of corn. They are due to lamb the
middle of April. We dip lambs in Coop
er dip in June, one week after shearing,
and have 10 ticks, but good fat lambs.
Horses are fed light on hay three times,
and given grain three times, oats and
corn ground in equal quantities, the
amount of feed varying according to
the size of the horse and work perform
ed. One pail of water is given before
each feed. Young stock are fed hay
three times day and roots cut with
root cutter at noon. We like to feed
roots in the morning or at noon so if
any get choked we can attend to them.
We feed grain after the coarser feed
We measure our feed. Have raised
rape and hungarian but discarded them
and raise Crosby sweet corn and fiat
turnips for forage crops.-A. W. Hardy.
BELFAST. My method of feeding
the grain grown on the farm is to feed
it in the straw This saves threshing
and is better for the stock. | have not
found the waste by this method to
equal the cost of threshing. l feed
three times per day, and do not think
it makes any difference whether the
grain is fed before or after the coarse
fodder | should feed them at the same
time each day if possible. Theoretical
ly, balanced ration is the proper thing
for all kinds of stock. Practically, we
cannot contine ourselves to the chem
always be kept in mind. Raise all the
feed you can and buy only what you are
obliged to. This is the SureSt road to
success in stock feeding on the farm
Enoch c. Dow.
MoNTvILLE. Our practice when we
wish to feed straw is to cnt the grain
before it is ripe aud feed the straw with
hay. Barley straw so cut is generally
eaten readily. We feed three times a
day-hay and sllage in the morning,
hay and straw at noon and night. For
grain we feed bran or barley meal and
cottonseed twice day, after watering.
At present prices OF grain | do not
think it pays to feed cows provender
that are within three or four months Of
calving-J. G. Carey.
WALDO. have had very little ex-
perience with rape. Hungarian is all
right, fed green or cured. Sweet corn,
fed ears and stalks, makes very salts
factory crop. l have always fed three
times per day, giving the poorest feed
at night. [ give grain bran and cot
tonseed) after the coarse feed. Water
twice day in the barn. ] feed roots
mostly to young stock and dry cows; to
other cows once or twice a week.
Turnips and carrots are the roots raised.
l intend to feed so as to keep stock in
good condition, and doing their best for
the purpose kept. Straw is too valua-
BILE in our market to feed, being worth
generally eight to ten dollars per ton.
There are very few threshing machines
in this vicinity, and sometimes it is i'm
possible to get grain threshed.-J. q.
Harding.
UNITY. l am located near corn
canning factory, and have used the fod-
der dry until last year, when | built a
silo, filling it partly with sweet corn
fodder. Dry sweet corn fodder is good,
but 1t is more economical to put 1t INTO
the silo. Straw can be fed to young
stock in connection with ensilage, but
the economy Of this practice depends
on the amount of hay we have and the
selling price of straw. | feed three
times day, and prefer to feed ensilage
and meal after the cattle drink.-Geo.
w. Varney.