The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
ECONOMIC STOCK FEEDING
A Timely Discussion Of Wise and I'M
wise Methods Of Live Stock
Raisers.

The economic feeding Of live stock
does not mean the putting Of animals
upon a starvation ration in order to
a v feed. or to make q certain supply
Of feed reach over q specified time.
Economy in feed means a saving Of
feed from loss or e~xtravagant use.
The turning of stock into meadows
and where they have access to hay
stacks Is a waste Of feed, and there.
fore a violation of system and eco.
nomical methods in handling live
stock. The %shoveling Of corn out into
muddy yards for the hogs to gather
up Is not an observance Of economy;
1t Is q waste Of feed and a damage to
the health Of the swine.
All grains and feed products of all
kinds that are produced on the farm
or brought onto 1t as commercial feeds
have a feed value, and should be turned
to some account in maintaining the
farm stock. The economy Of feed and
feed products On the farm Is the great
source Of profit in farming. 1t matters
not how much is produced on the farm,
II 1t Is not harvested and properly TAX.
en- care Of to save 1t from loss and
damage, the farm industry will suffer
and farming will be pronounced a fail
ure on such farms.
The economical management Of what
Is produced on the farm has as great
a bearing on profit as the growing Of
the crop. The study Of live stock re-
quirements is a necessity. Every
farmer and handler of live stock
should know, as nearly as can be, what
the requirements are of the various
kinds of feeds. This can be had by
instruction and practical work among
the farm animals.
1t Is folly of the worst kind to starve
of during the winter months the flesh
that has been put on during the grass
season. Yet we see the extravagant
practice going on all around us. This
is probably more in evidence in the
strictly grazing districts, where great
gains are made during the summer
months. AS much as 300 pounds is
often boasted Of as the gain on an ami.
NAL during the grazing season, and
this is largely lost the following win.
ter by being starved of, as a result Of
requiring the animal to rustic for q
living On bare prairie.
It matters not what plan Is adopted
or permitted to go into use in the win.
tering of animals that results in the
starving off Of flesh, it is poor econ.
omy from a feed standpoint, declares
the Twentieth Century Farmer. 1t
has been ascertained that the great.
est profit in live stock growing is in
the rapid development Of the animal;
the more rapidly the young thing ia
pushed forward into a fully matured
beast the greater the profit. 1t would
be folly to attempt to disprove this
statement, SO in its support. The
starving process that commences with
the decline of pasture feed in the fall
season and is TO- going IN al ovei
the stock raising district will mean
the destroying Of millions of dollars
in live stock value, II the theory OF
constant growth and development is
to be accepted.
1t Is economic feeding to give al
animals literally of such feeds as are
available during the cold and stormy
weather, whether on ranch or farm
It will be economy to sell such stock
as cannot be fully supplied with win
ter feed. The economic feeding Of
stock can never be traced to starva
ton methods; not in a single in
stance has this been attended with 9th
er than loss and financial ruin. Eco
nomic feeding means feeding without
waste or loss Of either feed or ami
mails.