The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
SURELY IT WORKS BOTH WAYS
We Feed the Soil Raw Bone to Make it Produce the Best
Yeldof Hay Corn and Oats, So We Feed the Colt Hay,
Corn and Oats to Get the WellDeveloped Horse
by j. q. FEnNEYIIOUGH,D ID. v. s., BIS.
state Veterinarian.

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by j.. q. FEnNEYHOUGH, ID. ". s., rs.
state Veterinarian.
BURkEVILI.E, VA, March, 14.--1iI
the farmer will simply keep stock
enough always the very besD to
consume all OF the feed that he can, or
does. raise on his farm, and Will feed
these animals all that they will eat
clean each day, of good nutritious food.
she will not only improve his farm each
year by feeding these animals there ana
thus getting the manure in return, but
he will get the very top price for his
feed, after he has converted the said
raw food into bone and muscle
While the following account of an II
Illustration of what feed and attention
will do towards improving an indi-
vidual horse was used in an article
some time ago in bulletin FORM 1t was
from my own pen. thus shall repeat
1t here for the benefit OF those who
care to read 1t. as wien one writes of
what he has done himself ne knows
whereof he speaks.
Just two years ago L was taking TO
Il farmer about some feed which
wanted to buy, as / had heard that the
said feed was for sale. when | noticed
on hillside near the barn \ very poor
fillx picking along among SOME corn
stalks. / asked the price of the animal.
and was told that he wanted ss5 forl
the filly. l then remarked that the
animal was worth that. and more, TOO,
ter flesh. or order. The. farmer said;
We'll had rather sell them poor and
let the other Teller do the feeding. be-
cause ,;a. ! can always vs.. sci. my feed. !
bought two tons of clover had for SIS
S14 per ton--and fifty bushels of oats
for 80 CENTS per bushel, the feed and
horse to- be delivered at the above
stated prices. Thus ] paid total of
S110.5O for the horse and feed. / kept
the filly only thirty days, in which
of oats 81 gave her all she would eat
clean), 400 pounds OF hay, or about ten
pounds of hay per day; entire cost of
feed eaten by the filiy while she was
in my stable less than $40 during
the month and her grooming cost
about s2.60. The animal improved so
much during the thirty. days that a.
neighbor, of the party from whom 1
bought her offered me $3.50 for the
said filly at the end of the month, and
when told him that would take slT5I
me thc.cash. Now. when you consider
| that had 300 pounds of the hay and
thirty-one bushels Of the oats left aft
| ter L had sold the animal, you Will.
pays farmer, and pays him Wei, to
convert his feed into good horseflesh
| before he sells 1t.
| Some men will feed cattle all winter,
give them good grass all summer, and
and sell the steer for $50; thinking he
has made onsy or9b e Than a he sGud
ever, l tell you, II the same attention
and food is given to well-bred colt:
say draft horse. as this particular
of age, even before they are broken
lbringing. $3.50 eacf). and when well
bred. and particularly good indi-
vidual 5000 or more, just as easy. and
( at no more cost to the farmer than
| the steer which brought the $50 at the
age of three years, yoH can see how 1t
A pays.
Undoubtedly the horse industry of
this State, from the standpoint Of the
| farmer, is to-day the best paying in
dustry. that a farmer can devote his
breed the kind and number Of horses
! which he can feed well and use daily.
In running the farm, or attending to
such business as requires tho use of
4 these animals.
Allow me to say that too many
farmers are trying to breed race
mot only cannot use on the farm, but
j really do not want to try to develop
4 after they reach the age of one year.
The thoroughbred colt II bred along
cared for is profitable, ii sold at the
l.age of one yeal--Captain Hancock has
4 made money at this business, but he
first learned the business and then
made it pay, He studied blood ines.
ms We'll as the best methods, Of feeding
and handling, Then he also studied
\ the markets as to time and place
where he could get the best money
4 for lis colts.
4 But this Is not what mean to adj
wise the farmer to do. 1t Is indeed a
mistake for every farmer to try to be
4 "a breeder of any particular breed OF
horses. unless he IS. naturally fond Of
i that business and has had a chance
\ to he we'll Informed along that par
ticular line, too. The farmer on the
l.other hand, must breed the horse Which
Ithe@ can use after reaches the age OF
colts before, they reach the said age.
n Then again a mistake many of us
4 make is Keeping too many horses
\ keeping horses that we can neither
|l}use nor sell. Why Is this true? Why is
Hit we have horses that we can neither
use nor sellg ItSis often because wo
have them In such poor flesh, or so
badly trained, that they are of no SER
vice to us because we can not use them
wants them. thus We cannot sell ell me
reason for this Is that we have more
colts, or horses, than we can give the
will always have some on hand that
are poorly kept. Keep only the mum.
Der that you can feed. and feed we'll
1T you cannot keep but one horse fat
then keep only one, and keep him In
the best OF condition, and II he is a
goodNhorse With IT, IT, you do not want
people do not want to buy poor horses
and they are not going to buy them