| Show winter T treatment reate ht 1 the am has the following follo wing seit sea sc nabIe lesson 1 to which we invite the careful attention of every ever farmer and stock stockowner stock owner who cares anbu enough h for his animals to exert himself to make taake them as ag comfortable as possible 1111 A figh righteous tou nian man vardeth rard eth the tho life of ot his i bed bes least but the tender me mercies roles ro les ies of the wicked are ire cruel every farmer knows that the health beaith of his cattle next spring will depend much upon their management through gl the winter their treatment for about six months to came shut up and fed on dried dred food is an dif artificial one and needs to be well mell conduct conducted edv ede it is is said baid ball said that more than tire arri invested in live stock in this country is not riot that investment worth looking after it is held too thag hat it costs about half the value of the ia stock to Winte rit fit hence there are some three Ji hundred undred millions of dollars to be fed out between this month december and next may alay now if that sum can be reduced bagood by good economy would it not be a great benefit to the farming I 1 community we believe that some bome of that money can be saved how saved 1 sy by providing good shelter for stock every man knows that exposure to a cold wind in winter even though he daei not exercise much gives him an enormous appetite the carbon in his bis system is expended in id keeping up his vital heat and he needs a n new ew and large lar supply of food to restore the waste so wita with animals if they are kept out of doors exposed to severe winds and frosts they will be coel compelled coeller led to eat much more to keep themselves warm than they would i if well housed in in sheds and stables it I 1 they have only fodder enough to kez key keep up their animal heat they will ivill decline in esh flesh and of course int iny value farmers not at all given to exaggeration assure us that they find it a loss of f one third of their fodder to try to winter their stock without adequate shelter 2 consider too the waste of food by 1 its being P trampled in the wet ground by irregular feeding as to quantity and time also the effect of lying on cold wet ground with little or no bedding and other wasteful practices which gene generally rahy raby accompany the neglect of providing shelter do not cows give more and better milk do not horses and oxen work better do not sheep improve more in flesh and wool and da not pigs fatten quicker if kept in comfortable quarters and well fed than if it treated with neglect we have seen horses and cattle that bore for several years the marks of bad treatment for a single winter they were stinted in ithel heir r growth 0 rth or they contracted diseases from wi which b ig they never ever fully recovered penny wise and pound foolish as dr franklin would say horses are not as apt to be neglected as other stock but even they sometimes suffer from being kept in too close and foul stables and in being irregularly blanketed and curried their stall stalls ts should be cleaned twice every day and su supplied aed with good dry litter at night provision should be made for letting in fresh air on the least windy side of the barn and arid the opening not very near to the ho horse arse stalls the currycomb curry comb should not be allowed to rust for want of use and this should be followed by a forse foree good odd wisp of pea straw and the brush if the horse is blanketed at atall all ail it should be done the IV minter winter inter through by no means neglecting the times when he is heated after working cows cowa should have special care those with calf should have no harsh treatment from men or dos dogs do s or other cattle their food should be plentiful and nutritious remember that their future condition and that of the coming calf depends on their management at this critical time by ho no means deny them the comfort of the stable by night cows should have an abundance of food and pure pitre water that from a running spring being bein better than that from a well they should be milked and fed at regular hours hourd roots should form forma a stated part of their fodder and if these give out they should have messes of shorts meal and flaxseed flax seed cake if their hides get an occasional cas ional carding it will do them no hurt cattle and sheep should not be neglected either as to shelter or food if you would have them return a profit and so bendeth our oar first lesson |
