Freparation of Feeding Stuffs. 235 



The rise of silage will greiatly extend the practice of soiling. A 

 com crop stored in the faU may be partially fed out during winter 

 aaid the remainder utilized as needed during the summer. Many 

 dairymen are making use of the sUo for summer feeding, with 

 excellent results. 



Where lands are high priced, or where the stockman desires to 

 keep a large number of cattle upon a limited acreage, soiling is 

 the best possible means to that end. Cattle fed by soUtag should 

 always be allowed exercise in the open lot where they can enjoy 

 the sunshine and fresh air. This can be provided by making use 

 o/ a small pasture. 



n. Preparation of Feed for lAve Stock. 



369. Concerning cooked feed. — The early writers on agriculture 

 OMually recommended the cooking or steaming of all kinds of feed, 

 lu 1812 Arthur Young i described a gruel for stock which he 

 claimed to be exceedingly nutritious and economical. 



Morton, author of the Cyclopedia of Agriculture, recommended 

 «;ooking or steaming feed. Later writers, however, have advanced 

 the strongest arguments. 



Prof. Mapes wrote:' "Eaw food is not in condition to be ap- 

 proximated to the tissues of animal life. The experiment, often 

 tried, has proved that eighteen or nineteen poimds of cooked corn 

 are equal to fifty pounds of raw corn for hog feed." 



Joseph Sullivant, a member of the Ohio State Board of Agri- 

 culture, wrote: 3 "I conclude that nine pounds of pork from a 

 bushel of raw com fed in the ear, twelve pounds from raw meal, 

 thirteen and a half pounds from boiled com, and sixteen and a 

 half pounds from cooked meal, is no more than a moderate aver- 

 age the feeder may expect to realize from a bushel of com under 

 ordinary circumstances of weather, with dry and clean feeding 

 pens. All this is within the amounts we have shown to be prob- 

 able and attainable upon our chemical basis." 



Other authorities could be quoted, but these suffice to show that 

 the teachers were generally in favor of cooking food for stock. 



> A syatem of preparing com, etc., for the cheaper feeding of horses, etc. 

 " Trans. Am. Inst., 1854, p. 373. 

 " Tl('pt. Ohio Bd. Agr., 1S69. 



