New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-28
STOCK RlIsERs COLUMN
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FOURTH OF GRAIN WASTED.
How ST. Brown, Tried to Stop His
Cows From Chewing His
Boiled Shirts.

One day he noticed that the old brindle
COW, had pulled his boiled shirt, from
the clothes line and was chewing IT,
with a good deal Of relish. 5
81. took after her and only succeeded
In rescuing one arm and the tail.
Not long afterwards, he noticed one
of his milchs cows, chewing an old crusty
bone.
81. was very much puzzled and said
Ito his wife, believe those darned cows
are possessed, and if we do not look out
they will eat up the fences, but, just
] then neighbor came in and told ST. the
cows wanted salt, so ST. sent his boy to
town and bought barrel and gave them
enough salt to convert them into corned
| beef.
AS time passed along, 81. noticed that
salt did not stop their abnormal appetite
as he termed it, and seemed orun down
with a slow disease and finally died. +.
The hired man suggested that they
hold a post norton examination and as
certain the cause, SO, they cut her open
and found in her stomach, three iron
nuts four inch bolts and an old paddock.
This created good deal of talk about
the neighborhood and each had theory
to express, but go many conflicting, only
confused ST.
One of his De,ghbors however, con-
WINGED 81. that he ought to use stock
food so called, and 81. concluded to try
it, although he had always maintained
| that stock food was-a humbug.
81. always prided himself on driving a
sharp bargain, SO when he went to town,
he selected the largest package he could
find for his money, buying q 10 pound
sack for only>75 cents.
When he got home and examined the
measure, he found it took four ounces
for feed, or that he had got about so
feeds only for rs cents, or was paying a
cent and half for each feed. AS he had
II head, the sastedck la only two days
giving each two feeds day. He CON.
cluded it was too expensive, especially,
as he could see no difference in the ami
mails after feeding, excepting that the
cows were Il little more friskey, one kick
ing over the milk pail, and old Bess the
family mare run away and broke the
crackey wagon into sundry pieces.
| One day 81. was IN town and saw a
handsome picture of a hog eating stock
food with a spoon, and in large letters
the words, THREE FEEDS FOR ONE
! CENT, and as his other food had cost
him a cent and half a feed, he con.
cludei it must be GOOD STUFF or
they would not take the trouble and 90
to the expense of having SO fine a picture
painted. So he bought dollar pack age
and took it home and fed it according
TO directions, but with the same results
noticed from feeding the other food. the
only difference was, that one of the cow
got into the wood shed, climbed the back
porch and tipped over the swill barrel
and broke down the railing when lie
went to drive her off.
Neither foods stopped the inclination
of his animals to chew old rags and
bones, so, ST. concluded it was one of
those mysteries in nature that it is no;
given man to know, SO he settled down
and submitted to fate as he termed it.
Doc. Holcomb, as he was generally
known, studied medicine when he was
a young man and practiced three or four
years, but finally dnfted INTO other bust
ness and finally into stock raising, and
owned large stock farm about six miles
from where 81. lived.
Several weeks afterwards 81. met Doc.
IN town, and as Doc. was the most sue
cessful breeder in that part of the state
and his animals always brought fancy
prices, 81. concluded he would take Doc.
aside and tell him all about his expert
ences with cows, bones, boiled shirts and
Istock food.
Doc. listened to him very alternative
] II until 81. got through, when Doc. lean
ed back laughed. much to Sis discom.
Torture, as to 81. at was very serious
matter and he could see nothing to laugh
at.
Finally Doc. lit q fresh cigar and said,
Well, 81. | will exp plain it to you. Now,
81. you pay taxes to support public
schools, and still take no advantage 81
the knowledge taught yonr children.
Well, yes I pay taxes, replied 81. but /
| don't see what that has to do with cows vs.,
eating padlocks and old RAGS