COOKED FOOD FOR CATTLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1509, 17 March 1887, Page 3

COOKED FOOD FOR CATTLE.

The losß of succulent ford, aaid Professor Wallace m a lecture delivered at Newcastle, could bo met by adopting the system, which hns proved moat succe sful, of Hoiikirsg the dry fodder with hot water and thereby imparting to it much ■ f tho quality of succulent food The method it extremely simplo and inexpensive. The diy fedder, which may bo wheat, or barky, or oat Btraw of the yoar before, is chuffed and laid out m a hecp on a goo:l lev«l floor, and the concentrated food, as cake and meal, mixed with it. Hot water is then thrown over the pile until the water begins to otzo out at the liiiho. Plotting or cooking i» done once v day, m the morning ; at the end of twelvo hours one-half is used, .-nd the remainder left (ill next day Food given m this way has the advantage of being warm, well mixed, and easily digested, uud besides, tho nni'nnlfi become very fond of if, whi'h i« m itself a most important quality. There is also economy m labor, it : the chafling is dono when tlierois insufficient work for the regular fa.'m ban s at any season of tho year. If m summer, the quality of straw may bo improved by mixing with it a email proportion of green forage, us grans, clovor, oi' vetches, just sufficient to make the mass ferment. A gpodemell or "nose ' may bo secured by nddlng along with tho green food a quantity of malt cooms Last winter my frieud the "Rev. Ch. Lucih, of Fiilcy Houso, (Jreat Yarmouth, adopted thiH Bj-Btem at my suggestion, and widi inarkvd siicccsh. In his caao the system wab more than usual advantage, an ho had no oat-Htraw, and ho was enabled to use a3 food much wheat nnd bailey straw Urn 1 , m ordinary circum tn net's would have gone for liitc'r He fed 108 fat bu locks and ;iG young catllo for fifteen weeks on an avi rago, tho labor was ;iot much increased, and tho l/oiliug of tho neci-tsary wntor took only 2Jt cw(B of coal per week. Ikwrites to mo as follows :— " I never hr.d animals do so uniformly well or ho fabt. J'ho jjan has been perfectly successful."