266 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. - November. 1913 



should be avoided. It is not easv 

 to observe these faults. To detect 

 Icaliinjj, particular attention is re- 

 quired, but a ringed nose or slit 

 tongue frequently betravs the ani- 

 mal which suffers from the habit 

 of sucking other cows, or, what is 

 still worse, sucking itself. 



To obtain the greatest profit out 

 of his business the dair^'^ farmer 

 must be frequentfy selecting cows, 

 and he soon be convinced 



that, just as there is the best beef 

 form, there is the l>est dairy form. 



♦ 



Feed Oats Freely to Farm 

 Stock. 



By Thomas Shaw in ^\merican 

 Agriculturist. 



The oat-crop has never been 

 given that prominence in our agri- 

 culture which its importance de- 

 mands. It is usually looked upon 

 as a crop that can take care of 

 itself under hard , conditions, and 

 is, therefore, generally «o\vn on 

 land low in fcrciiity and less clean 

 than ground as.vij^iic^; to crops oi- 

 wheat, barley, and maize. 



— The liest Frame-Food Grown. — 



The fact cannot be questioned 

 that the oat-crop is the safest 

 food, and yet the oat-crop 

 grown is so far short of the de- 

 Ui'ands made upon it that it is 

 usually looked upon as the deadest 

 concentrate that is extensively fed. 

 The relative price of oats as a 

 food is away beyond what it ought 

 to be, a result that comes from the 

 fact that the area sown is not as 

 large as it ought to be, and the 

 attention given .to increase the 

 yields is less than it ought to be. 



— Uats as Food for Horses. — 



No grain-crop will compare, with 

 oats as a food for horses. In 

 some localities more corn is fed to 

 horses than oats, especially to 

 horses hard at work, but they are 

 so fed because of the cheapness of 

 corn ratluer than because of any 

 superiority which it possesses. 

 Confine a horse to a ration all 

 corn in its grain portion, and an- 

 other to all oats, and the latter 

 will kec]) in better ;shai)e and for a 

 longer period than the former. 

 When the runner or the trotter is 

 to develop staying-form, he must 

 have oats. When the pregnant 

 mare is to be fed grain, oats will 

 serve far better than com in de- 

 \elojjing the foetus. When young 

 foals are to be ru.she<l forward, it is 

 an oat-ration that is wanted. 



— Oats as Food for Cattle. — 



As a food for calves, oats are 

 without a rival. The calf only a 

 few weeks old may be allowed to 

 eat whole oats ad lib imtil it 

 is twelve weeks old, and along with 

 even skim milk only it will grow 

 nicely and never be off feed if the 

 inilk is fed properly. 



Oats are the most important 

 grain-factor in growing cattle for 

 shows. Pound for pound, more 

 oats are fed to them than of any 

 other kind of grain. The bulk and 

 concentration in them' are so per- 

 fectly adjusted that better than 

 any other grain do they help to 

 keep the digestion in tone under 

 forced feeding. 



Oats are a splendid food for fat- 

 tening cattle. The only reason 

 why the}^ are not used more for 

 the purpose is that they are too 

 dear to be fed in very large tiuan- 

 tities, and yet, notwithstanding 

 their relative dearness, many feed- 

 ers think it pays to feed them in 

 considerable quantities along with 

 corn. In leading animals up to 

 full feed they are a necessity. 



— As a Food for Miich Cows. — 



they a're superb. Here also were 

 it not for 'their dearness they 

 would be used' to a much greater 

 extent in feeding milch cows than 

 at present. Tiiey are a good 

 food for the pregnant cow. Found 

 for pound, they are as good as 

 bran for milk production, and 

 some persons, indeed, consider 

 them better. Even in the form of 

 hay, when cut at the proper stage, 

 they arc a satisfactory food. 



— As a Food for Sheep. — 



As a food for sheep they are 

 superlatively good, whether fed to 



the pregnaiit ewe or the ewe in 

 milk. They are the mai'ustay in 

 growing lambs for anv use. Sheep 

 can be fattened in good form on 

 oats alone, but some corn aids in 

 cheapening the ration. They are 

 the best grain-food that can be 

 given to stock-rams, and oat-hav 

 cut s'om.ewhat 'earlier than is suit- 

 able for cows makes good food for 

 sheep. 



— As a Food for Swine. — 



¥oi young swine oats are a good 

 food, providing the hulls are sifted 

 out. Otherwise, the hulls are too 

 coarse to suit their digestion. They 

 make a splendid food for brood 

 sows when pregnant, given and 

 made into sep alone, or along with 

 bran. For sows in milk the same 

 mixture is fine, and is further im- 

 proved by adding ground corn. The 

 two former are fine for milk-pro- 

 duction. The latter a ds in main- 

 taining fiesh. For swine during 

 the growing period ground oats are 

 also good, alone, or with other 

 grain ; but corn is better than oats 

 for swine that are being fattened. 



— As Food for Poiultry. — 



Oats make a good grain-food for 

 poultry, also, but they should not 

 be confined to a grain-ration of 

 oats only. " Wheat is rather better 

 than oats for egg-production, and 

 corn is better for fattening, and 

 yet for both uses oats along with 

 the respective grains would be an 

 improvement. The live stock of 

 the coimtry and their needs call 

 loudly for an increase in the oats 

 crop. — American Agriculturist. 



Crib Biting. 



A writer in Rural New Yorker 

 gives this as a remedy for pre- 

 venting horses gnawing their man- 

 gers and halter-ties : — " I have 



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