74 State Board of AcRicur;TURE, &c. 



MEAL FOR DAIllY COAVS. 



BY E. S. WOOD, OF POMFRET. 



I often hear the question asked, " Does it pay to feed 

 meal to cows V And again it is said, " If I knew I could 

 get my money back, I would feed meal." The question 

 might with the same propriety be asked, " Does it pay to 

 feed meal to anything ?" 



How often the farmer feeds large quantities of meal to 

 beef cattle and to hoo;s, without realizino- half its cost. It 

 will be my object, in the short time I shall occupy, to show 

 that meal can be fed to dairy stock and make it pay. It 

 should be borne in mind that it must be judiciously fed, and 

 fed to the right stock. That meal can be fed with profit, in 

 any quantity and to any stock, is not so sure. 



It was customary, in years past, when farmers were short 

 of hay, to browse their cattle, as it was called ; they took 

 them to the woods, where they had been getting wood, and, 

 in many instances, felled trees on purpose for the ])rush, to 

 use as feed for their stock. Any way to get them through 

 the winter ! They realized so little from their cows, that it 

 would not pay, they thorght, to feed them meal. The 

 small quantity of butter or cheese made, and the low price 

 obtained, would not warrant any such expense. But, as 

 browse grew scarce, they were under the necessity, when 



