Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-02-02
sNSGHhDLE LIVE
STOCK INTERESTS
Give Young Stock Attention
During Cold Weather.
GHOULD BE CAREFULLY FED
Young Stock Must Continue Growth
During Wlntsr-should start
Prime Condition In
Spring.

College Park. Nov. 16.-At this sea
son some farmers must be reminded
o. the fact that young stock demand
careful attention during the months
hey are not on pasture. In this matter
Or. S. S. Buckley. Animal Industry E1-
tension. State College OF Agriculture,
recommends the following treatment:
seasonable Live Stock Interests.
After having turned out a selected
lot Of young stock last spring, grazed
and fed them until now, when they rep
sesent a wellgrown. well-conditioned
aud promising lot Of youngsters, It Is
gnwise and improbable to allow them
o go back" or remain stationary"
n growth during the fall and winter
months.
ALI animals are better for having
made steady and continuous growth
from birth to maturity, and any de-
rec of weight which is lost during
;''is period represents a money loss.
Grow Or Stand Stlil.
The feeding Of exclusively mainte-
nance rations is justlhable under GER
Eain circumstances, but there is never
iustiilable excuse for feeding CROWNS
and developing animals a ration 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
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
stunted carcasses. even tlis is added
at doubtful profit.
Take Stock Of Feed and Animals.
1t 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
fall, winter and spring months, and
the amount which he is prepared and
willing to purchase. He should also
estinate the quantity required to con.
ttnue satisfactory and natural growth
and development in his animals.
These estimates he should compare
u there is likely to be shortage Of
food materials, the farmer should Sc
lect the least desirable individuals fol
his purposes. These he should sell II
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 type specimens.
In this way the farmer makes a
double selection-first from the very
Young animals when he turns them
devsnd again after about six months
cuiI Asnent he has an opportunity to
co<nenfNo~sr. II by chance he has
zE5rns overstocked or II his crops
Wave failed to come up to expecta
lions.
Building The Body Framework.
The animal body grows and dc
velops uniformly and naturally only
when conditions are favorable. These
conditions can be favorable only wheT
the quality as well as the quantity o.
feed is proper. A food ration. to b
proper, must be more or less perfectly
balanced" that is to say. 1t should
have all classes OF food elements pres
emit in sufficient amounts, with none
In excessive amounts, thereby guard
ing against feed waste.
Good Pasturage contains all food
element In proper proportion; good
Sllage needs the addition Of a strong
Protein concentrate like Cottonseet
Meal or Alfalfa; good Legume hays
with small amounts Of grain anc
roots, silage or beet pulp furnish de
sirable 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 ant
tissues, such feeds alone are neither
satisfactory nor economical.
Checking Up.
The experienced and successful
stocknan knows the game" and In
stinctively keeps tab" on his animals
=. from day to day. To those less ex
< Dezianeed. or in fact "novices," it is
y necessafx that they should "checl
up periodfcs2,y and determine how
their industry 3 progressing. No bet
ter way can be found than that Of
keeping records" for individuals Oh
groups.
Begin Now.
Gull over the live stock and sell al
that do not offer reasonable assurance
for future profits. Make an estimat,
Of feed on hand and stand ready L
purchase any needed additions wher
the market is favorable Make proYi
sion for proper shelter before sever
weather sets IN. bearing in mind tina
comfort and safety make for profits
Finally when everything appears t
be In prime order for wintering III,
stock make the resolution that thi
particular lot Of stock shall emery
from winter finer ard better. and star
in prime condition for the fAyorAbl
conditions Of spring.