316 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



When feeding is conducted for the fertilizer, as in this 

 case, there will be no motive for scanty feeding; as the 

 richer the food, the richer and more valuable the manure, 

 These farms are particularly favored for this kind of feed- 

 ing, as the cattle and the feeding stuffs are all near fit 

 hand. We know of a few instances where a steady profit 

 is made upon the animals fed, besides all the manure, which 

 is indispensable for the land. In these instances there is 

 good judgment used in the purchase of the cattle and the 

 feeding stuffs, and then the animals are pushed till well 

 fattened, and find a ready sale, at good figures, in the local 

 market. 



Dairy cows may be kept instead of steers, if the situation 

 is favorable for the sale of milk, which always pays better 

 than other branches of dairying. Dairying interferes more 

 with other work than does steer-feeding, and the manure 

 from milch cows is not so rich as that from fattening cat- 

 tle; but the milk produced from a cow often pays more 

 money than the greatest growth in flesh. Milk, at 4 cents 

 per quart, will give a daily income through the year, from 

 an extra cow, of 40 cents, which cannot be made from the 

 growth of flesh and fat. The dairyman, under such cir- 

 cumstances, can afford to give the best and richest food, so 

 that the manure will be excellent. Butter-making may also 

 be conducted on these small city or village suburb farms, 

 and then the refuse milk may be fed to pigs, with grain ; 

 and the manure, in that case, will be worth quite as much 

 as that from fattening cattle. One of these systems of 

 feeding may be practiced, with great profit, on all these 

 small farms, and will, in the future, be their great resource 

 for keeping up fertility. 



