Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-11-24
SEASOHABLE LIVE
STOCK INTERESTS
Give Young Stock Attention
During Cold Weather.
SHOULD BE CAREFULLY FED
Young Stock Must Continue Growth
During Winter-should Start
Prime Condition in
Spring.

Spring.
College Park. NOV ls.-At this sea.
s3n SOME farmers iaust be reminded
Of The iaet that Young stock demand
caretoi attention during the months
hey are not On pasture In this matter
Dr S. S. Buckley. animal Industry Ex-
tension, State College Of Agriculture.
tecommends tho following treatment;
seasenahl5 Live Stock Interests.
After having turned out a selected
.ot Of Young stock last spring. erazed
md fed them until now, when they rep
resent a wellgrown, weli-conditioned
lid promising lot Of youngsters. ii is
lnwis ad unprofi Die to allow them
10 sga baca" or remain stationary"
growth during the fail and winter
months.
All animals are better for having
made STEADY aud continuous growth
rom birth 10 maturity. and any de-
rec Of weight which is lost during
his period repres eHts a money loss.
Grow o. Stand stiu.
The feeding Of exclusively niainte-
Eance rations is justihabls Under GER
tain circumstances. but there Is never
justlfahle excuse for feeding growing
and developing animals radon mere
ly for maintenance. Unto all things
there is a season, etc" This is fun
damentally true for live stock; all ami
mails mature at more or less fixed
ages whether or not they have had
he advantages Of feed and care After
maturity no system Of feeding can
overcome the deficiencies Of develop
meut The most which can be hoped
FOR is the production Of fat on these
stnnted carcasses, even this is added
al doubtful profit
Take Stock Of Feed and Animals. (
It IS very important therefore for !
the farmer to take an accounting at
this season Of the year. He should
make an estimate Of the amount and
character Of the feed stored for the
fail, winter and spring months. and
the amount which he is prepared and
willing to purchase. He should also
estimate the quantity required to con
tinue satisfactory and natural growth
and Development in his animals.
These Inmates he should compare.
If there is likely to be a shortage of
food materials the farmer should Sc.
ieet the least desirable individuals for
his purposes. These he should sell in
The condition in which they came from
the pasture. HIS most desirable ami
mails can then receive closer individ-
ual attention. and be developed into
high tyne speefmens.
In this way the farmer makes a
double seiection-frst from the very
young animals when he turns them
ont and again after about six months
Development he has an opportunity to
eul them over, If By chance ne has
become overstocked or if his crops
have failed to come up to expecta.
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ths onalitv as well a. I'D ouantitv Of
feed is proper. A food ration. 10 be
proper. must be more or less perfectly
abalanced:" that is to say. it should
have all classes Of food elements pres.
ent IN sufficient amounts. with none
in excessive amounts. thereby guard.
ing against feed waste.
Good Pasturage contains all food
element in proper proportion; good
silage needs the addition of a strong
Protein concentrate like Cottonseed
Meal or Alfalfa; good Legume hays,
with snail amounts Of grain and
roots. silage or beet pulp furnish de-
slrable and economical feed for grow.
ing animals.
Frequently. however. farmers COM
pei their stock to subsist on Straw,
Corn Fodder or Hay alone. These sup
port life and serve as maintenance
feeds. but for the purposes for which
young stock require food, the build
ing and growth Of body framework and
tissues such feeds alone are neither
satisfactory nor economical
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