Show r MUSTY I ODDER rodder blinco it ran anil I 1 ir rrt et thir llin etiva klar ahr hr Is oral oil or of it II it is a serious mistake to tad feed fodder that las has been damaged by rain unil and wol weather to without first fint ing it out to dry the effect which such food cooil has aisis upon stock more than the entire loss loso ot of pl all the lie fodder gathered such fodder ia ith ered cred froni from marshy lands and id ine adox that have been inundated inundate ted during the amov mowing ing 0 time sedge hay lay or common upland hay bay that has been wot wet at the time of in mowing owing will bo be impregnated with ditc nse germs germa chrt will be communicated ted to the iho animals that cat the hay bay stock steel of ol 01 a very robust nature will find their health seriously unpaired impaired il ft fed regularly upon such fodder A great deal of our sedge hay ans ennst t be cut and gathered when the feet os of the plants are wet during many seasons tho the meadows never get dry enough to allow a dry harvest this hay is generally stacked for budder in theiarn the barnyard and in a very few weeks mold and rot show allow themselves near the bottom and around tho the sides if this decomposition goes on long iong enough the stock will refuse to eat it and as a rule rula nearly one third of the stack is sheer waste the storms of winter only aggravate the matter and make maho the hay poorer than in therall tha the fall it is a cheap fodder however and probably tho the manure which it forms eventually pays for the work of gathering it otherwise tho the great loss would make it unprofitable to cut salt hay all fodder thus stacked when st it is wet whether it is salt hay fresh upland hayborn hay corn fodder fodde or any plant growth will contain disease germs genna which under favorable circumstances will vill develop rapidly the heat of the stack and the tha constant moisture are arc just the conditions that are needed to develop lingi fungi f the color of the fodder changes gradually and the odor that arises from it when moved is strong and disagreeable if such damaged fodder is u to be given to stock the ho ration of each day should isho tild be hauled out of the stack aud shaken up so thoroughly that the wind will dry it and all odor will be destroyed in titis this way the wind and sun will wili dry it and make it safer for food tor for the stock after it has been dried it will bo be well to moisten it a little with a weak salt or acid solution tah rot not only destroys disease germs but makes the tha fodder more palatable for the animals grains sire are often damaged in the same sain no way and fed in a moldy condition to the animals there is just as much danger in tho the grain ns as in the bodd fodder er ration rati oi damaged grain is often bought by farmers for cheaper rates and stock is kept upon it right along this will not bs be BO cheap as the pure grains if it t is going to injure tho the health of anima nevertheless all danger can be avoided by dusting the grain out well end and i bening it with tire tho weak solutions mentioned in this country and abroad it Is is quite a common tiling thing to feed wet damaged a 0 ed fodder to alli animals mals regardless legard lass ol 01 co consequences but ant for all such carelessness there is strict payi payment nent to bo be made to nature C 8 walters in american cultivator |