The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-18

too. IL they are properly fortified In spring. Win
ter killing is also largely a myth II the right va
rieties are grown and the right method OF plant
ing Is practiced.
Vary Your Feed With Varying Work.-when
cut down: and when no work Is being done, very
often II will be advisable 10 feed no grain. Tho"c
who do not cut down the grain when no work Is
being done may be complaining that the horses or
mules have collie and Indigestion. II not other
ailments. 1t Is inadvisablc to make sudden
changes in the feed: and those who think Saiur-
day night or come time when n rest day ~ In
sight IL a good time 10 all up on bran mash an
animal that has not been used TO bran, may be
feeding trouble to their work stock. Jumping
suddenly from old TO new hay. or 10 new from ola
grain. or from hay 10 grass. may breed troubl.
quickly. too. II is not out OF place TO say. that
medicines and stimulants are rarely needed by
work stock that are fed ~ they ought 10 be. let
wholesome. feed and iudlcioua feeding DO the
means of getting good health for tho animals and
good service for their owner.
Good Hay Requires I~s. ~crain.-Those who
have had experience with feeding pcavine or
clover hay know how such hay reduces tho need
OF &o much grain In the ration. Alfalfa hay Ia
In the same class as the iwo mentioned. Tn.
whoIe ration nm animal receives should be consid.
cred rs Il ~hoir. not The grain only irrespective of
so Es@a vs. ass AHtss SA@eshs ~ ~ dAa Va -
Is important. \ good feeder may sc, better scr
vice from n scruh animal Than a poor feeder docs
from n superior animal. and maybe hare hs AMI.
NAL alive years after tho iniudicinus feeder has
killed his.
Making nig Money by Correct fccding.-li
;hIs argument appeals to - reader. he wiil Dad Il,
Ncil 10 ais 1t away for future reference. before
nn. decides that Tho argument docs no; appeal Il.
hiin. lot him consideF that IL tends To aase on feed
t!iln. Ia make hs work stock tuor. comfortable
and more scr sicoahin and longer lived. /, docs
TO, iacFeaa" hs work. hs expense. or do anything
eis- that be should object 10.
The writer knows a kecn~siEhs-d freachman
sho rnatea tnonry rtgA; along by purchasing
hora"a or mules ut lo@ prices and selling them
Tor high prices. Ills method In 10 learn whc,.
somebody has an animal that IL ottea alex from
bad feeding, The owner of the animal thinks h,
Ii selling nj "a big price. because he thinks the
animal In Of little sala. and may die any day.
The Frenchman takes tho animal homo and
fe~ds 1t nationally. no that IL gets over all la bad
symptoms. Then he either eclla IL u; a good price
ar SELLS some other animal and k.epa tho one
bought Ills nolghbora cay hc beats tho Dutch
for luck wIth horaea and mules. but b. conn.
dcn;lally tells his good fricnda tina, he makes a
neat sum every year because no ua-s "horae
sense Ills rront he calla horse sense money
lie has sold animals back la tho very men b.
originally bought them from. lilo would not
think OF havin. hay before a hnrac ar "a mule nil
he time. blu, sees that the hay IL fed In moderate
quantities and that none In left In tn. manr.r
from time To time, lie has no, had tho advantage.
of much education and viii never read thla urtt.
Gle: but he VIII ~ RICH. on making money by his
"horHc sense" having got his ideas on feeding
from Il relative who Ia "A veterinarian OF much
practical ability.