The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-30
LIVESTOCK SUGGESTIONS FOR
JULY.


overlooked we start these livestock
suggestions by calling attention to the
fact that many of the pastures are
weedy and need moving. There never
Will again be so good time for now
ing. There never will again be so
good time for moving those wedy
pastures as today. Too many social.
ed pastures could be more correctly
described as weed patches. Any one
who does not believe that 1t pays to
keep down the weeds in the pastures
should try it on an acre and be con.
vinced.
The three most important matters
relating to the livestock industry in
the South are: Q) feed; CD more
feed; and CD still more feed. To sup
ply the livestock enough feed it must
be grown. We simply will not buy it,
and II we did the profits would all 20
to the men who raised the feed and
the railroads and merchants who
handled it. When corn is 75 cents to
81 bushel and other feeds in proper.
ton, and they have to be brought,
they are not good for stock and the
stock simply don't get them. 1t is not
too late, even yet, to add a little to
the feed crops to be grown this sea-
son; nor is it too early to begin plan
ming for late fall. winter and early
spring pastures.
There is no crop of which | have
any knowledge that will produce as
much and as good grazing from March
/ to May 15 as crimson clover, and
when we consider it's benefits to the
land as an additional reason for sow
ing it, the wonder is that this winter
legume is not more generally grown
in the South. We can lengthen the
grazing season or shorten the feeding
season from a month to six weeks by
sowing a large acreage of crimson
clover this fall for spring pasture, and
at the same time increase the corn
crop. II you have not grown it, try
an acre or two on good land.
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II any man feels that he cannot
balance the rations for his livestock,
the animals will do the work for him.
:f lie will only let them. The self
feeder has. at least. proved that the
hog will balance his own rations If
the feeds are put before him. and it
is probable that other young growing
animals will do the same; but for
work stock and dairy COWS the owner
must do some Of the thinking. How
ever, IL he uses one concentrate very
rich in protein and one very rich in
protein and one very rich in carbo-
hydrates. or two concentrates, one
only moderately rich in protein and
the other in carbohydrates, and one
half the roughage "A legume. the ration
is likely to be balanced nearly enough
for all practical purposes.
AZ the calves and colts get older
and larger and the milk supply falls
below their full needs, little grain
should be added. While these young
things are getting milk there is no
better grain for the calves, IL they
are receiving skinned milk than
whole corn, but the colts should have
a mixture of equal parts of corn. oats
and wheat bran. The pigs do pretty
well while they are nursing their
mother, but when weaned they stop
growing unless given little grain in
addition to what they can gather in
the pastures. For these pigs getting
no milk. corn is not sufficint. II they
can have half feed of equal parts
of ground soy beans and corn or five
DArts Of corn and one Of tankage, they
will do we'll on pasture. II skinned
milk Is available there is nothing bet
ter than one pound Of corn to three
pounds OF milk.
Tho value Of the silo does not lie
alone in the increased value which ii
gives the corn crop, although the fact
that it preserves the corn stover.
which contains nearly half the feed
value Of the plant. in the most palat
able form, is great consideration.
of suitable feed is the greatest OBJ
stacle to the livestock industry, the
fact that the feed is provided before
hand and placed in a convenient place
TO be used is one Of the greatest ad
vantages possessed by the silo. 1t is
true that no man needs silo who has
no suitable crops to put into 1t, but
IL one has a silo the feed crops are
more likely to be grown.
VII
1t will pay better to ship some OF
the cattle now on the pastures. espe.
cially those in good condition. than
to keep SO many cattle that when not
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