Economy In Feeding Stock

A vtyy heavy íiav and g:;un ci'op has been fecured this season throughout most parta ot the country, inuoti more tban will bo necessarily required to win ter tbo stock on hand ; but unle'ss thero is a moro judieious mofle of feeding praeticed by many thnn has been heretofore, very muoh of the surplus f'eed will be foolishly destroyed. It is tlio custom of very many ot' our (armera to feed their stook according to the amount of hay and grain they have on hand. If there is au abundance, it ia lavishly thrown out and tratnpled under toot Straw is thrown into the yard to rot. Cornstalks aro cohSíirereía ás al most worthlesf. Itappearato be the object of the farmer to disposé of all his feed by the time stock is turnad out to pasture in the spring. The result is, whea dry season comes upoü him, ;tnd tho hay erop is nearly ent off, ho is obligecl to Bell a portion of h'a stock at half price, or purchase feed at ënormoua ratea. Such management is eutirely wrong, tbr there is enough fodder produoed in the country from yoar to year to supply all th stook generally kept, and if judioious feeding should be always praoticed by every farmer, there never would be a lack of supply unless our seasona should ■wonderfully change in productiveness in tbe future. It is a well known faot thit overfeeding is of no advantage vvliatever, but a loss. A borso hitehed to a staok or mow ot hay will grow poor, and nn ereature can be fatted with a rack st'.iífed full ol hay constantly before him. Animáis should have unough to eat, but no more ghould be giveu thera than they will eat up clean. Oaltle, sheop and horses will always do woll when ted with econoiny. Tben if the hüy erop is heavy, feed as Bpariucly as Í thero was not a spear to he lost, and save with as much care all of the slraw as if short of hay. Straw mixed with partly cured hay when put lnto the staak or mow will prevent injury, and the straw wil] become very nutritious by absorbing the sa) Frora the grass tliat wouid otherwise be lost by procesa of evaporation while curing. Straw alio niakos an excellent foed when cut and fed with ground grain. Save with care all of tho cornstalks. Tbey ahuuld bo fed out ia the early pavt of Wietor, aad ahvays mixed with hay, for stalka fed alono are rich food, and cattle will thrive upon tbem, espeeially milc-b cows ; but whon they are gone and hay is suhstitutod they will f all away íq flesb. Whêii the stalks with a mixture of hay havo been fed out, thcn givo a little corn with tbo hay and there wil be no chango in the prosperity of the animal. It is the custom of many farmers in Ohio, as well as other States to drag their eorn out by the shock and slrew il upon tbc ground or in the snow as the caso may be, for the purposa of feeding and fatting sheep. ïhis is deemed by many the most convenient way, and labor saving appoars to be a greater object than protit. tíheep thus fed will lose a portion of the corn while biting it f rom the cob which is trodden under foot, and a portion of tho staliss are destroyed by beiug run over and trodden into the sno-w or iud. It ia singular that farmers will not learn to econoruize wlien evcrv few years they ure brought up standing by a poor harvest. Let us feed judiciously this coming Winter, and not mourn if we have a half mow or stacfc or two of hav to sunimei' over ; the time will come