Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1873 — Feeding Straw. [ARTICLE]

Feeding Straw.

A correspondent of the New York Times writes: “As I-look back' at my first lessons in the care of cattle, I can see that the poor dumb brute has better care than in years past. The stabling was not thought of. They must he content with the outside of the bam and the soft side of a snow-hank. And when we wished to feed them straw we must starve them to it. They must not even have a tase of other food, (except a little com in the ear), for fear they would not eat straw. But I soon learned that was not the proper way; they liked a variety of food as well as man. For instance, you take a man, confine him to one kind of food, say meat or bread, and see how long he will relish it? he sood will be so disgusted with it that he cannot bear the sight of it. I think it is somewhat so with the dumb beasts. You give them nothing but straw every day, they become sick and tired of it; they eat it with no relish, and it is so with corn-stalks, or even h*y, and we all know they prefer this above all other winter food, and yon *confine them to this for some time, and then give them a feed of good straw, and they will go at it with an avidity that will astonish yon. It is like a man who has been kept on some preferable diet for a lone time, and you place apiece of corn bread, or some other plain food before him, and he will take it in preference. From experimenting I have arrived at this conclusion—{p feed straw and feed it profitably yon must feed it mostly in cold weather, and but once per day, and let the other fodder be hay or corn-stalks, as I believe in feeding but twice pec <lav,, I do not believe is feeding coi;n-stalks in extreme cold weather, for they are diy and brittle, and they waste them, while in milder weather they are not as hard and brittle, and they eat them with a greater relish, and there is less waste; therefore, I would advise feeding hay once per day in extreme cold weather. When you are feeding straw, it is a very good plan— when yon do - not salt your cattle otherwise—to make a weak brine, and sprinkle your straw with it. Yon most not think, because it is cold weather, that your stock don’t need sialt; if you do, the poor dumb brutes will suffer for the want of it, and yon will be the loser in the end. * »'«>-■ i.— -/ A Boston lady died the other day at the age of 112, leaving a boy of 80 io mourn her loss. The youth wjll be taken to an orphan asylum or adopted by some kind family. _ —Over 28,000 wiute children in South Carolina do not attend any school. CNTBTATXJWnr EXCHLGIO* HATS ITT* lg th* most sure and complete preparation of Its kind in the world: its effects are magical, its character harmless, ita tints natural, its quail ties/-en-during. . o Lies Lightning are the Miraculous Cures effected with Flagg'S Inntant Bkubf. Ache*. Pains. Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc., eamiot eritt if this great medicine is used. Belief war ranted, of money returned , V xozTABLZ Pulmonart Balsam, “Doubtless the best Cough Medicine in the world.”

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Neglected Cocoiis and Colds. —Few are aware of the importance of checking a Cough or “Common Cold,” in its first stage; that which in the beginning would yield to “ Brown's Bronchial Troches" .if neglected, often works upon the Lungs. Capt. Charles Sagek, who keeps a superb stock of Uvery horses in Portland, Me., informed us recently that he uses Sheridan’s Cavalry Condition loaders regularly in his stables, and that the expense is more than offset by the diminished amount of grain necessary to keep his horses always in good order. Many peeple, particularly children, suffer with the earache; and ror the benefit of such we give a sure but simple remedy. Pat in two or three drops of Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment, stop the ear with undressed wooi, bathe the feet in warm water before going to bed, and keep the head warm at night.