Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-01-26
Sf4i566Hi5LE LIVE
STOCK INTERESTS
Give Young Stock Attention
During Cold Weather.
sHOuLD BE CAREFULLY FED
Young Stock Must Continue Growth
During Wlnter-should STAR
Prime Condition In
Spring.


College Park, Nov. l6.-At this sea
een some farmers must be reminded
q the fact that young stock demand
careful attention dgeins tie months
aey are not .u Htsture- 10 This ma.ier
Dr. s, S. Buckley. Animal Industry Elk
tension. State College Of Agriculture,
recommend The following treatment
sessonali- Live Stock Interests
After having turned out a selected
let OF young stock last sprIns grazed
and fed them until now, when they rep
sosent wellsrown. weilcondlaaned
ARD promi ing lot Of young. 'ers, 4. Is
0nWise and Improbable 90 allow them
o. g PACK ol remain s-7l'onal!
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me Ieeding OF exclusively mantle
nance raJlons Is 1ustihable under GER
e"in circumstances, but there is never
justldable excuse for feeding growing
end developing animals ration mere
" Tor maintenance Unto al things
sheFe Is season. ETC." This is fun
eamentally true Tor live stock all AM
mails mature at more or less hxed
ages whether or not they have mao
the advantages Of feed and care. After
maturity, no system OF feeding can
overcome the deficiencies OF develop
ment The most which can be hoped
for Is the production OF fat on these
btunted oarcasses, even this is added
1t doubtful profit
Take Stock of'Feed and Animals.
It ia vorv iuportan+ therefore for
tba farr,ar IN tsl,a an accounting At
lbis season ~ the Year 1e should
r,skA an estimate 81 ne onount and
character Of the feed stored for the
fan, winter and spring months, and
the amount which he is prepared and
willing to purchase He should also
sstinats the quantity required to con
tinGs satisfactory and natural growth
and development IN his animals.
Taess estimates he should compare.
y there is likely 70 be a shortage OF
foed materials, the farmer should Sc
lect the least desirable individuals for
his pu 9oFes. These he should sell in
the CO.. diuon in which they came from
the pasture His most desirable ami
mails can then receive closer indiyid-
ual attention, and be developed into
high type specimens.
In this way the farmer makes a
double selectiou-frst from the very
young animals when he turns them
out and again after about six months
q development he has an opportunity to
Gull them over, II by chance he has
become overstooked or If his crops
ave failed to come up to expecta.
dons.
Building The Body Framework.
The animal bodv grows and oe.
velops unjformIv and ratu-sfy oDlv
when conditions are favorable These
conditions ean he favorable o,1v when
the quality as well as the quantity Of
feed is proper A food ration. to be
proper, must be more or less perfectly
balanced" that is to say It should
have all classes OF food elements pres
ent in suficient 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 strong
Protein concentrate like Cottonseed
Meal or Alfalfa; good Legnme hays,
win slnau anouhss OF gram and
roots, silase OF oeel pup lufhlzh ue
hiraole anu economical Ieea LOT grow
ing ahlihals
Frequentiy' noNeFsl' FARMERS com
PEI tneir STOCK 70 suDsist on straw.
Corn Foaoer OF Hay alone. Inese sup
port ne ana serve as maintenance
ieeus' Oul TOT the purposes lof winch
young STOCK require 1000 tne build
ing anu grow III OF Dooy framework ana
tissues such ieeds alone are neither
satisfactory nor economical
Checking Up.
The experienced and successful
stockman knows the game" and In.