Buy Cattle To Fatten In The Winter

The liberal and constant apphcation of nianurc is the grand basis upon whieh rests successful farming. Of mantiro there are three kinds - ttie so-called artificial manures, the green manures, and Hiiiiiiiil or bam-yard dung. Each in its glaoe is neeesssry toa proper enrichment of the soil, and the obtaining of all is a matter of niuch importance. Now, the heading of our present articlo leads us to a congjderation of the manufactnre of the litter manure. To make plenty of barnTard manure a namber of stock, must be kept, and such shouïd be richly fed ; for as the fodder is rich, so will tho manure be impregnated with a maximum ainount of those rich elementa which go to inorease tho growth of the plan. Whilo endeavoring to fatten a great mimber of head of cattle, the question of a protitable return for the food supplied bas t be cansidtered a inseparably oonnected with the manufacture of rich manure. We have seen beasts put up to fatten who have eaten moro than ihey havo mado. A thin bcast, put up in the ooláí iceather, takes a great amount of his food for the purpose of snpplying the ecessary heat to the body ; while nn animal in good order has a heat-produoing store in his own fat, which allows all the extra food to be taken up in producing more meat. We may lay it down as an axiom that it will not pay to put up a thin beast to fatten upon storod or winter food. Pigs should be put up to finish off as soon as they have begun to exhaust the stubbles; and cattle should be stallcd when by running upon fall pastures they Have got timselves in good order, and Before the cold weather has nipped down th ) gniss. Those farmers who have now a pioce of low pasture will do well to go off into the higher sections to buy cattlo. In tieso latter parts the pasturage is much burned up, and there cattle may be ïkraght at a reasonable figiire for cash. Take such cattle and put them upon a low-lying piuce of ground, and it is astmishing with what mpídíty they will Lncreaso in weight. Aftor August the Lill pasturage will le ready for thcm ; take them off this as soon as very cokí nights set in, and stall foed. They will be the very best of beef by Christmas. In this way alone, as a rulo, can winter feeding of stock for the butcher be made prjfitable. The animal is growing froin August to December without a day's check. Wc have bought steers in August for $ 35 each, and sold tho sanio before Christmas ior $65, only stull feeding for about six weeks. Money may be ir.aie in the current year by growing and selling a large breadth of grain, but it is made at the expense of our future income. Fattening of stock is the most profitiible manner in which to apply our farm producp. for wo have profit from the aniuials an .1 manare ttbo.t.Tue greater portifc of onr produce should Bot be carriprt to tow in the wagon, but should iralk off tho farm. At the same time there is sni! a tliing as putting more feed into a beasl tlian his increase will pay for. If we adopt as sn nxiom that an animal should always be in good order before put up for stall fedine in winter, we cannot go far astry-