| Show WINTER FEEDING OF STOCK U under any and all C circumstances it la Is false economy to permit farm animals to loss lose flesh it w ill be profitable to remember that ever shock of corn odder fodder ever even ton oc G f hay or straw fed to a steer or other growing animal that la is allowed to run down in the winter Is I 1 it a dead loss while it if there Is added in equal amount in alue balue of 0 more nutritious food the growth of the ant ani real mal will pay pa a fair price for the whole A pig weighing say 50 pounds in t tho till fill fed lie fhe or six si bushels of corn to 10 keep it through winter will be as light in the spring as when the winter inter reeding feeding begin and so the corn con fumed Is a cleir loss and worse because the pig has perhaps got into an unthrifty conditions thit renders it absolutely of 0 less at the end ot of this winters feeding than it was when feeding began dut but double the teed feed would have trebled its weight and given a thrifty thrift pig to turn onto closer cloner or perhaps a fat one for tho the spring market mak ing a satisfactory profit for the feed and care so also with a steer or other young loung cattle and as to cheep as the bad keep glies diminished quantity quant lt ard inferior quality of wool it is under A A 7 L imported mare and colt any circumstances the worst possible economy to let them get thin in the u winter inter indeed this rule holds good as to all sorts and all ages of llva live stok stock the colts should be ba kept growing throughout the year then aged horses it if allowed to lose flesh will not be in proper condition for work in the spring and it Is much cheaper to keep on the flesh they now carry than to put it on anew when the work begins the breeding cow especially espe cally should bo be kept in good strong thrifty con as well on account of the milk she rho will have to give next season as to pre preserve serNe the strength and vigor ot of the calt calf she sha is to breed indeed there Is not among the va rious animals used on a farm one that can be named thit will mike make a better return for ample and generous teed feed I 1 ing a g than the cow and yet there Is one none w we e regret to say that la is more generally neglected and cut short in her rations |
