Show 2 WINTERING THE FARM HORSE mitt met for oil nil illo homo jn in the ter lr senn sen n hoar to get aljo alio farm horses through tile winter without feeding them all the coarse coalso grain that lum been raised on tile the fai faun ili the previous is a I 1 problem nicia nio l farinela farini farin iia eia hive have been trying to rol coh e 1 apon it its correct solution depends in a great measure tile pi of farming Hir ming tho the cow coil in mill pays for her keeping as bho goes along the dry cow to foot all the fodder billi bill with v ich binl erest crest in duo time the young cattle are pa ing their way by bv increased growth robab but the idle horse horbe u allowed to eat cat his head ull off formerly ili kortbein north nort bein cin pennsylvania lumbering could ba done in the winter so that tile the farmer earned wages waged fuz fur himself and made his horses pay for their keic keeping eing and more besides when at this heavy work in fit cold weather I 1 found its as stated by I 1 sir mr 11 II stewart in a ute late rural that corn was au an excellent feed although my father owned a water mill not ton ten rods from the birn barn b irn in the morning I 1 fed coin in ill tile the cat cai whole because tile horses liked it better in that hit slin shape nie each horse had about I 1 i peck of ears cars which was as much as le ho would eat cat of course it would bo be difficult for old horses horres to masticate whole corn but horses under tinder 10 years of age will grind it up tip about as fust fast as ft a water mill can and faster than some old cast iron farm mills our oar horses never ato ate the coba cob any ally more than hogs logs do they bit off only the corn so I 1 concluded that they did not consider cobs of much value as horse feed sir mr stewart recommends that tho the corn should bo be coarsely ground and mi mixed kell with cut hay according to my experience torn corn meal coarse or fine will wil nut not stick to cut hay even when moistened and tile the horses will root the mess iness over and r a good deal ot or it out of the feed bus box in trying tring to get the meal without the hay lay it is better to give it by iteld and the hay lay by itself without cutting at noon I 1 fell fed each horse about vs quarts of oits etwas it vas easily masti acted il cd and being a change was very agreeable to tile team at rl night flit I 1 fell fed to each horse cut lay hay or cut straw if liny hay was scarce or dear moistened with water and about sl s quarts of meal mixed with it the meal ineal was made f from rout equal quantities of corn rye and oats ground fine together the ryo meal furnished the glue to stick the mess together so that it could not ba separated antl and hall had to be eaten together the horses rece received i ved a little dry hay bu ba would not eat i much as the cut feed d sat difed their hunger good hay with an occasional mess ineas of raw potatoes as a relish and labath e is asu 1 i ial leavo in the winter they should h lave salt as often as three times 1 week like cattle this is bribed based on the that bayis liay is relatively cheaper thang than grain rail wa M ii usually the case ou on the farm but should hould it be ba worth twenty dollars per um ton anil and corn oats mill and rye but a tent a pound I 1 woul I 1 feed no liay lay at ril ail only cut straw wid anil meal with just enough meal to maffi them elit cat st riv id I 1 boull sell the liny lay instead of thu grain the farmer who regards regard liis his inhere t will sell whatever product is 13 the must mosi salable and lir prout cili able table at th prices mentioned for chiy aily a ai grain a f fan art it nr r should sell hit hia hay hav even ie i lie he hid had to buy meal to put oi on the on en slaw that horses borses with but light work can ba kept in good order on hay alone has haa been proved by mr terry who fainot lias not fed his horses any grain se ia fur years J IV ingram ingrain in ia rural new naw yorker in 11 mcw having retained i a small email interest in vermont flout merinos marinos Me which I 1 formerly bred quits quite extensively I 1 desire to call the i of T now kew england farmers to tho file profit that may be se securely curell hec urcil by adopting una this brunch branch of stock raiding in A tile the first place there ia no difficulty in felling every lamb from froin it first class nod floe toi to raiders in texas at awen ty five dollars per licad head what branch of stock raiding calsing pays better belter than that As A s a 1 by ili it in ore one of my lily lock flock hai sheared bleared less than ten pounds of wool aai and I f from rout thit that it up to sixteen pounds for to owes laid twenty five pounds for rams tile last recorded average was fourteen lic aulds fur for a hock flock ut of seventeen ierino Ie riuo I 1 sold hold tile tho cdoil imd wool woal from fifteen ewes anil and one ram tor for forty dull rj this year the only trouble in lais ing sheep in ill this part of new kev england is the danged di nger irom from the ravages of digs in ili the tha last yer I 1 hobt but ono lamb IT by dos A ill though in the past I 1 have been inch it annoyed 11 noyed in ill ili his A direction I 1 atel atin buta this immunity to the pasesa pu ou or of a num number berof of doa with sufficient if tient courage co urae and vigilance to keep off tile incursion incurs ion of sheep ki killing aling dogs in ili this connection I 1 venture to state that there are very few logs dogs which cju possess the sheep killing 0 propensity 1 hn e lidid liens kill id d in thoraine thi panic yard E sleep were left sinco bince the killing of one cideon ii looking do there have been very fe few w 6 sheep heep killed iu in this beig neighborhood liboi bood my ay iy little nock flock of sheep take better caro care of my illy lawn than any ally lawn mower can call liu bo made to do thy they improve all pastures and ami aro are easily cared carcil for A incite breeding of these valuable annuals animals I 1 feel suro sure would be greit louice of prost to far in this section tion thomas sanders in american do you know what kind of steed is ib most admired and draws the greatt grent st cro crudi da it at chii new york annual horie hore be v it is the hoi heiso so that is of no I 1 leal cal good to anybody and on oil a f farm would i have to bo be phot hot as a nuisance it is tile high Iii jumper the alio hun hunter ter that can call clear a fence seven fett high is wildly clit orcil by the crowd and brings a fabulous price |