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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1901)
.rv . 'Cbc Conservative * customed to eating it. Precautions should consequently bo observed to pre vent accidents and disease from its use. It is a matter of common observation that when full-fed horses are changed from old to new oats they are liable to attacks of indigestion , colic , and foun der. If such results follow the change from old to new oats , how much more likely are they to follow a radical change , such as that from oats to wheat ? For this reason wheat should at first be fed in small quantities. It should , when possible , bo mixed with some other grain , and care should be taken to prevent any one animal from getting more than the quantity intend ed for it. These precautions are especially nec essary when wheat is fed to horses , as these animals are peculiarly liable to colic and other disturbances of the di gestive organs , accompanied or followed by laminitis. Cattle , sheep , and hogs frequently crowd each other from the feeding troughs , in which cose some individuals obtain more than their share , and may bring on serious or fatal attacks of indigestion. How It Should be Fed. The best form in which to feed wheat is to roll or grind it into a coarse meal. It may then be fed alone , or mixed with corn meal or ground oats. When ground fine it is pasty and adheres to the teeth , gums , and cheeks so that it is not so readily masticated or eaten. In the form of a coarse meal it is relished by all animals , it is in a condition to be attacked by the digestive processes whether thoroughly masticated or not , meal will certainly be found to give better results with all other kinds of animals. The number of pounds of live weight that may be produced by feeding a bushel of wheat will evidently vary ac cording to the ago and condition of the animal fed. Prof. Robertson , at the Ottawa experiment station , fed frozen wheat to hogs and secured from 9.1 to. 15.46 pounds , live weightfrom a bushel , the greater increase being from young , growing animals , and the smaller from those which were fattening. At the South Dakota Experiment Station the hogs fed ground wheat re quired 4.81 pounds , and those fed whole wheat required 4.91 pounds for 1 pound gain in live weight. The ground wheat fed returned 58.89 cents per bushel , the whole wheat , 65.83 cents ; corn , 60 cents ; and peas , 65.86 cents. The qual ity of pork obtained from ground wheat and corn was about equal , and was su perior to that from whole wheat , peas , or mixed feed. Feeding Value of Corn and Wheat. From the Canadian experiments it would appear that the. feeding value of an equal weight of wheat is slightly in excess of that of corn ; the South Da kota experiments gave better results from corn. In general , the difference would probably not be very great , but it would undoubtedly be better to mix corn and wheat , or corn , wheat , and bran , or corn , wheat , and middlings. The following examples show the com position of such mixtures. Many other combinations might be aiuev * < u- . . VETERAN'S PRAYER , ( on the death of William McKinley. ) As the cloud upon the sun Shades.thy hills , My Native Land , And the weeping has begun That relieves the scorching sand , May the shadow of our grief Yield a blessing from on high That will bring us the relief , From the spirit , drawing nigh. If wo loved our chief too well , Loved not Thee as we should do , May a kind , forgiving spoil , Like the falling of the dew.l Soothe our sorrows , as wo grope , Blinded by the darkening cloud. Ohl Our Father , lot us hope , Even if we were too proud. Our dear Comrade , thou hast bid To a higher trust , wo know. Us , thy children , thou hast chid , Guide us gently as we go. As the cloud doth clear away In the waning of the night , May the stars now beams display , And our land be bathed in light. JOSEPH MAKINSON , Vet. 71st 111. Vol. Holdrege , Nebraska. THE NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. As might have been .expected , the Ne braska Democrats , who closed their state convention early this morning , took their stand on the old platforms of the party in their brief reference to national issues. They also fused with the Popu lists , in convention at the same time , by the making of a state ticket , taking the head of the ticket from their own ranks , and the nominees for Regents of the University from those of the Populist faith. They condemned the proposed reorganization of the Democratic party , declaring that those who proposed this adjustment of factions were merely the bolters who had assisted in the election of President McKinley in two national contests. It is apparent that William J. Bryan still dominates the party organization in his own state , whatever his loss of strength may be in other common wealths. He has especially urged the continuance of fusion , having taken the floor in a recent conference and opposed aggressively the proposition to reestablish lish Democratic independence in Ne braska. But the action of the Nebraska Demo crats will not have much effect upon the general tendency throughout the coun try to get away from the hopeless issues of the last two Presidential campaigns , and return to grounds upon which the whole Democratic party may be reunit ed. The other state conventions of this year have indicated very clearly that the popular sentiment of the party is against the continued leadership of Mr. Bryan , that it is opposed to several of the principal articles in the Bryan confession of faith and that success can be achieved only through the reunion of the factions. There is plenty of time to formulate the issues of the next Presidential cam paign , and when they are made up doubtless there will be vital questions not now under consideration. But in the meantime it seems almost certain that there will be a radical departure from the Chicago and Kansas City plat forms. If not , then the logical candi date for nomination in 1904 will be Wil liam J. Bryan , and the inevitable se quence will be another defeat. Kansas City Star , Sept. 18 , ' 01.
