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named crops are secured, then comes the winter manage- 

 ment of stock. 



The same rule applies in keeping stock as in all kinds of 

 business. If it pays for keeping at all, it pays to keep it 

 well. When a man commences right, and keeps on in that 

 direction, he ends right. And when a man commences the 

 winter right with his stock, jind keeps doing for them, they 

 come out looking well in the spring. My practice is to com- 

 mence feeding the tops of my root crop in October. » After 

 they are gone, it is time to feed out of the barn. I feed 

 the best I have to all kinds of stock when they first come 

 to the barn ; the change is so great from green to dry feed, 

 that they need good feed and good care, especially the 

 younff, o-rowino; stock. Here is where a 2;reat amount of 

 money is annually lost. My method of feeding is as fol- 

 lows : After milking is finished, give a feed of nice hay (or 

 rather dried grass), and then a feed of roots and shorts or 

 meal ; inunediately after this is eaten, commence to water ; 

 then another feed of hay or straw, as they wnll then eat the 

 coarsest food best ; let them remain quiet for six or seven 

 hours, then water again, and feed witli hay or oats on the 

 straw, which is a good practice, followed with a little meal 

 or shorts, which is the last feed for the night. 



Without holiness no man can see the Lord — and it is 

 just as true that without cleanliness no man can have neat 

 stock. The mangers are as essential as the dishes on our 

 tables, and should be cleaned at every meal. Also the sta- 

 bles should 'i)e cleaned three times a day, at least. Salt 

 should be kept where the stock can get at it at their leisure. 

 Air, light and exercise are very essential, but not too much 



