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REJNNIE S AGRICULTURE. 



Exercising 

 Animals. 



Water in 

 Stables. 



Winter Feed. 





Nutritive Value 

 of Fodder 



Crops. 



The horn should be cut off close to the head, other- 

 wise a nubbin of a horn will grow again. 



With stables and stanchions arranged (as in plan 

 33), the animals can be turned loose with little 

 trouble. It is advisable to divide the cattle, when 

 loose, in groups of eight or ten each, with temporary 

 partitions between. 



If there is no provision for a water supply a 

 tank should be kept filled in the stable, so that the 

 cold chill may be taken off the water by the heat 

 from the animals. By elevating the tank the water 

 can be carried to an}^ part of the stable with an iron 

 pipe or a hose. 



The preparation of the food for cattle in winter 

 will have to be varied according to the supply on 

 hand. The first essential is clover hay, either alfalfa 

 or red clover. Clover is a flesh former, and gives 

 ' strength to the animals. It improves and balances 

 the ration when mixed with other and more ^ con- 

 centrated foods. "' * 



For economic feeding, corn silage is one of the 

 most profitable crops that a farmer can grow. 

 According to analysis, valuing alfalfa and red clover 

 hay at six dollars per ton, corn silage is worth two 

 dollars and fifty cents. Practical results depend 

 very much on the preparation of foods. 



While dry fodder corn, according to analysis, 

 compares favorably with silage, yet in practical tests 

 there is considerable difference in favor of the silage. 

 While field roots are composed of from eighty-five 

 to ninety per cent, water, yet they are important in 

 the preparation of a succulent winter food. With 

 a supply of clover hay, straw and chaff, silage and 

 roots, prepared according to the following directions, 

 satisfactory results may be gained. 



First, spread on the floor of the feed room a layer 



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