Stall Feeding

Very carelesa lts let their oattle run at hu go all winter; about ten per cent oï stie'h unftntunate animáis die before grass time. Half careful farmers próvido sheds for tlieiv cattle at nights ; but leed in open yards - such iiniimds live, hut como out íoiin in the Spring Hanly steers and heil'era ir.ay bc treated in tliis way, piovided their ownera have nbundaneo i f h iy :md coni; and aro wilüiig to leed one-third ftbre than is neuesnary. A d i;'y ftirtnoF in Western New YorkYork iiiPil to winter liïs cows in open shed. Lately lio has kopt iheiu y warm stulls, from üctober to Aprü, pern.itting tl'.eni rango through tho sheds in day lime. Tíu-y mnv keep ia bettor order, giro mire milk, and t:uisamo less than tbree fourths us much fvod. Il" any man disputes thi-i l'uct, let Lim try tho thingfor hunseH'. A New Engiand etcrok raiser triod an experiinent oristeei?. Tho foll,owinj aift hls ovrii woi'da to il : Five lat caltlé were kept in winter in warm btálls ; fivo other.-, of ihe faino weight atid eondiüon, woro kept in a fiieUfied ericlosure. 'J'hd latter atu daily 1 -111) . of foüd. while the formor :ve but 1121L-!. At' the. the end of ' April, the ULef ot' the stall ciK-.losed cattlis yj'eighed f),462lb., tallow, 3"31bst whilo iho yard -feil cattle's beef weighvii iiilGibs., "taiKnv, 3UÖ1LS.