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RENNIE S AGRICULTURE. 



Feeding Store 

 Cattle. 



Exercise In- 

 doors. 



Commercial 

 Foods. 



Flesh Forming 

 Foods. 



Kind Treat- 

 ment. 



Results of 

 Abuse. 



noon, clover hay and mangels (whole), without 

 grain. The evening ration the same as that of the 

 morning. The feeder must, of course, use judgment 

 in varying the amount of feed to suit the individual 

 requirements of each animal. 



Young cattle and cows not in milk require onl}- 

 the prepared mixture in the morning, clover hay 

 at noon, and the mixture in the evening. Total 

 cost, about seven cents per day, according to cir- 

 cumstances. This is sufficient to keep them in 

 good growing and healthy condition. 



It is understood that the animals are to be com- 

 fortably housed, and not turned out-of-doors in 

 cold weather, otherwise it will require more grain 

 to keep up the animal heat. 



Good results can be obtained without commercial 

 foods. A limited quantity of oil-cake and cotton- 

 seed meal may be fed to milch cows and beefing 

 cattle to advantage, provided the cost is in propor- 

 tion to the nutritive value of other foods on the 

 farm. 



For the health and development of young cattle 

 they should be given foods that will produce flesh, 

 bone and muscle, viz., clover, bran, roots, rape, etc. 

 Fattening foods tend to disease and stunted de- 

 velopment. 



While every provision may be made for the 

 comfort of the animals, and the feeding done strictly 

 in accordance with the above directions, the animals 

 will not give adequate returns for the food consumed 

 unless they receive kind treatment. This is particu- 

 larly noticeable with milch cows, say in the month 

 of June. 



When on pasture and giving a large quantity of 

 milk, if brought from the field hurriedly by a dog, or 

 a person on horseback, and milked while excited, 



