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Show ! s FEED LOT CONTRIBUTES MUCH I TOWARDS PROFIT IN CATTLE ? There Is No Place on Fnrmn Where Gnlns Can be F.nten t'p f ' ' Quicker Kxcellent Plan Is to Provide Shed That f 1 , la Open to South and Wlndtlght to ' . North, West and East. ' Illy tl O WRATIirilHTONK l Carrots should be raised In quantises quanti-ses whenever poskthle as thev are a very valustile ait.lll'on !o the t I In xiaklng It palatable Thev require Ight. sandy soli and with little rultl-fstlon rultl-fstlon produce large crops Unseed meal in small quantities )nre or twice a week keeps horses In Ine condition lM winter we saw a buiiih of aTi iteors being fed on a furm near Aurora. 111. Thce entile stood In a urge lot on the side of a hill In mud ip to their knees. The burn und nil ts surroundings were as tllthy aa Miuld he Imagined, and we were tint itirprlsed when the owner, looking tloomlly over his c:ittle. remnrked: "I sever aeemed tn hit off steer feeding :o any great advantage" Heavily timbered land dues not nake good feeding ground for rattle because the sun cannot dry nut the round as quickly as an open lot. The best feeding shed fur cattle Is ine that Is wind tight en Ihe north, ssl and west and entirely open on :he south. Of course a paved feed lot Is an ixpenslve propoBltlon at the start, hut re believe that on a reusonahle rosl .he nroflt will morn than lustily the txpensr. Kven If a man rnnnm afford o pave lila feed lot he ran drain It a Ith tiling and by the addition of travel, and small, Bmooth slimes Im irove Its rendition at very small rokl. (latk make an Ideal feed for the amb during the winter, but he needs ibout only a pound a day lo keep In Ino condition In addition he inuat lave rlover hay or alfnlfa or rorn foil ler nnd .turnips and other roots hi essi three times a week. A very hsndy wheelbarrow for the 'eed lot ran be made of either wood r iton. The frninc should be veiy . itroi.g. but nut heavy. Iron makes a lining frame and very light II can le made In four sections an. I bolted ogether. The Iron hoop should tie liado of one-eighth Inch Iron and Is if a slxe lo admit a common flour larrnl up to the second tow of hoops. Die bsrrel csn easily lit put In and aken out. The wheel should he made if wood with a very broad tire, not esa than three Inches, nnd four Inches sould be belter. If Ihe frsme Is made f Iron, the handles ran be made of sood and bolted on. Wood la betler 'or thla purpose. Do you know that some of the imaller parking houses which cater o first clsas trade at borne and ibroad will not buy awlll fed bugs at my cost? They want animals thai are ed on clean corn, roughage, rooia and si sr. We do not think much of Ihe skim nllk that comet from the rreamerlos or feeding hogs. In many of these treamerlea. washing powders are used tor cleaning the machinery, and thla a vary Injurious to bogs. Bklni milk that la aeparaied on the arm cannot be beaten for feeding Useful In Ihe Fttd Lot ilgs, cslves and poultry II la aahama o allow a alngle gallon of It to obis ob-is pe. An Illinois farmer wrllea to know f unthreshed wheat la a good feed for logs. Wt think not. If wheat Is to le fed at all. better thresh and ell her louk or boll It. Hut we do not be-leve be-leve lhat wbest waa ever Intended for log feed. Cattle that are allowed to run on treen beet crops often scour so badly :hat they are set bsrk from two lo 'our weeks. They do not like the Irled and cured cropa so well but will tat them If forced to and they make t fairly good ration. English feeders raise large quantities quan-tities of turnips, mangles and other oots. In the fall they dig enough fur '.he cattle nnd leave si altered throughout through-out the field enough lo keep Ihe sheep busy for weeks Home feeders allow t ihe sheep to dig them out of the 1 ground while others dig them for ' ', them. The lutler plan Is the brut. ' ' Many rattle feeders who do not he- L" ' llrve lhat silage Is a good feed will J continue tn stuff their snimnls with rorn fodder or timothy buy. IT 1 '. these nien would lake the pains lo conduct a careful experiment thev t would quickly discover lhat sllagi f; even as a feed would hes ruru I , - fodder. .. Sllnge fed alone Is ho! Ideal for fal- - ' tening steers. It contains a Inrge ex- x'-r cess of rnrbo hydrates and some nltrv I gen must be put tutu the feed to eveu I !t It up. Hoy beans, rlover. alfalfa hay I , and colion seed meal will do this lis 1 perfection. I If you have plenty of cow peas. I rlover or alfalfa on tht farm, not uvxii use to send money on brnn or cotton r - seed meal A little oil caka Is goodi K at all tlmea. 1 The best clsss of dslry cows cannot return a profit unless they hsvt all Ihe clean and wholesome feed I hey csn possibly consume at all times during the winter. It Is a mlslnke tn keep cows nu scant rations during the winter. The cow Ihnt goes through Ihe winter on seml slnrviitlon rations suffers a ho k from which her system Is very slow In recovering, and If Ibe hall ra'luim A Handy Feed Carrier. are continued any length nf limn her milk giving rupaclly for Iho approaching approach-ing freshening period Is materially decreased. de-creased. Good feeding does not mean tlie. cows should be stuffed with high-priced high-priced grain feeds but coaxed to ron aume enough roughagn and i hea feeds to keep i bein In good, thrill condition at all tlmea. |