The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09

TJow shall feeding stuff be made moro
n palatable? That question is to be an
swered by You must begin very
carly In the season, You must begin when
you arc cutting your hay and you must cut
1t carly enough. You should make up your
mind TINT you are doing OF the impor-
tout duties that is required of the farmer
each and every year II your hay is eX-
posed to a rough harsh rain. left in un
protected manner il Will lose in one night
half of its value; therefore YOU should be
sure to cut hay at the proper time. Cut 1t
before most people think 1t IS ready. because
then 1t Is in proper condition to make good.
palotablc food for your animals.
Ii Is also important 70 cure your hay and
preserve 1t in proper form. 1t has been said
that ii was necessary that each and every
animal should have enough of every kind OF
food 1t does not pay To iii an animal up
With concentrated food You place
that food on the market and get good casl.
for H. Your animals should be filled up
with rouEher foods produced the farm.
Straw is the cheapest and the most valuable
of the foods that you grow. / believe there
is not one farmer out OF every hundred. even
of tho Intelligent farmers. that attaches one
half the value they should to straw. You
should take better care OF II and feed moro
OF IL to your animals
4 lesson | have learned from successful!
farmers in my own neghborhood has taught
me to believe thoroughly that working horses
OF the heavy class should not receive ONE
Houthful of hay when You have reasonably
good straw to feed to them during the whole
time they are not working hard; in the
winter season. L have tried that myself and
have worked perhaps many horses and
as severely during the summer season as
any farmer In this room. have sixteen
horses working farm and i can tell
YOU that We are making deep study OF how
the work them, These
horses never act mouthful of hay In the
winter season. but they get good straw, and
from the time we cut our oats and barley
and wheat i feel more worried to know
whether we are going TO get that straw
into the barn Without rain than wor
ricd about the curing and saving OF my crop
OF hay. l believe II is of importance
to me Good straw is moro easily digcstcd
and Il more healthful thing to feed your
horses and cattle than hay. L do not want
you TO think that hay is not valuable when
your horses are working.
They do not feed hay to horses In the
old country. You can go from one end OF
Scotland to another and you Will see stacks
of hay: f you ask them what they arc
going TO DO with 1t they will not tell you they
arc feeding II to their work horses. they
feed them oat, wheat and barley straw. ASK
them what they grow 1t for and they VIII
tell you they feed little to their huating
norses and some To their driving horses, but
they would consider II the next thing 10
poison to feed il to their heavy horses when
they are not working hard. they would
rather give them more corn-as they call
oatS-and less rough fed, / believe if you
would copy from thcm and be more careful
TO save your straw by shocking your sheavcs
and making a determined effort each year
to put the straw in the barn without letting
II be exposed TO the rain we would be maxi
ing the best use OF our feeds that could pos