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When working, give the same as to a fattening steer, or about a half 
bushel a day. 
Cattle intended for fattening the succeeding year should have especial 
care the previous Winter. They should have feed enough to keep them 
growing right along, say about half the quantity of grain given to fatten- 
ing steers, that is, allowing the feeders do not believe in forcing the animal 
from calfhood constantly, until ready for the butcher. The best and 
.most successful feeders do force, and none that we know who have ever 
tried it could ever be induced to go back to the old way of letting stock , 
make a gain in Summer, to lose half or more of it in Winter. 
Feeding Milch Cows* 
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Whatever the plan of feeding or sheltering cattle for the butcher — Ot 
course, fattening cattle will have more attention given them, so far as 
food, water, and shelter are concerned — milch cows must have soft food. 
No dairyman ever made any money by feeding cows in milk on dry hay, 
ear corn, or dry grain ; for cows it must bo ground. 
In feeding, the owner will, of course, be guided by the relative value 
of food in the market. If possible, a little ground oil-cake should form 
a daily portion, about half a pound per cow. In all the West, corn-meal 
is the cheapest food, except in the neighborhood of large merchant flour- 
ing mills. One great difficulty with corn-meal is it is heating. It should 
be fed almost measure for measure with bran ; ten pounds of this with 
the addition of half a pound of ground oil-cake, with plenty of good hay, 
will be liberal feeding. If the cow will eat fifteen pounds of meal and 
bran, it will be wise economy to give it to her. She will not eat so much 
hay, and in a corn country hay is dearer than corn, and as a rule an acra 
of corn is raised fully as cheap as an acre of hay. 
tvs, JtXV. 
