Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-08-06

must attend inc la1ter.
The form of the OK is one objsction &c
harpess his belly is 80 much wldei
| than his shoulders, it is embraced &c
hard by the iron traces, as to be injured
by CALLING, and to impede his wind. The
yoke, on the ether hand, being OF hard
wood, appears to be an instrument that
would gall the neck but never kne v
any injury done sbyit. The neck OF the
bullock. seems by nature, fitted tor the
yoke: the skin there, naturally thick,
soon becomes so eallous as not to be at
footed BY the frietiont it is there his
strength lies, even to proyerb In point
Of economy, there i.a wide disparity be-
tween the yoke and the harness: the
expense of the latter to that of the for.
mer, for eight years. wear, would be as
fifteen to one and the time OF gearing
and uneearing, as FIVE to one In othet
words, yoke Costs only FIVE dollars
will average eight years wear--ean be
put to oxen in two minutes.
Working cattle must be sheltered in
| cold and wet weather: their health and
usefulness depend on it. From the du-
ration and severity of winters In the Dis
trict of Maine, our barns are generally
spacious. and calculated to hold as much
as possible of eur grain and hay. have
no doubt however, but this is good ecs-
aon,y in every climate in the y STATES {;
for farmers have as much of their bar.
I vest damaged and otherwise wasted, oy
stacking it out few years, as would
build them a snug barn. Our OLD fasn'
Toned barns believe, are not suscspu'
| bic of much improvement those III
which cattle are wintered, are built at q
small distance from the house. on a RS
| inc ground, with yard open to, and Dc.
scending a little towards the SOUTH II
such settle be near; it being thereby
warmer, kept cleaner, and the WASH en-
riches the adjacent ground. Inc barn
has two large doors, opposite eaen DINER
for the convenience Of driving In carts
of hay and gain. On ore or both slaes
of this thorough. fare, is stall tor cattle,
saw ten feet wide and seven high, and
running the whole width of the barn SO
that if barn were forty feet square, the
stalls would take up ten feet on each eno'
and twenty feet, would of course % the
width of the thosoogh-fars which lat
ter being occasionally used as thresh
ING floor, should be hoored with two men
plark, we'll joined. The partition be-
,ween this and the stalls, is only three
feet high, for the convenience OF feed
ing the cattle, whose crib joins the par
| tition, and is made in this manner -
A niece of timber the length of the stall,
four inches thick, BY eight wide, is laid
down on edge, parallel with the par
ti,ion. and two and half feet from It
this makes crib on the floor, and the
most natural one that cattle can have to
feed at it is kept perfectly clean, az the
stall floors have a gradual descent there
from of abou. three inches. Immedl-
ately over this timber is another small
err one OF the same length, 6xed to the
ieists above in both OF these tlmbsrs'
from end to end, holds are bored at three
feet distance, s. smooth round stantlons,
or studs, three inches in diameter, are
fixed therein round each OF these STAN
tons is bent small hickory hank or
hoop, sufficiently loose TO play up and
down a wooden bow, passing through
this hank, embraces the neck OF the OK,
who is thereby kept at his Post yet still
enjoys every rational liberty he ha:
room to eat his food, lay down, or stand.
at his pleasure.
These stalls have small windows, four
feet from tho aoor, and at convenient
distances apart, to throw the manure oat
of. Happy experience Of the safety
& economy of this mode of housing cat
tie, has made it universal among US. In
tying up cattle, respect should be had to
mastery among them; the strongest
should be put 10 FIRST, and so on, accord
ing a. they hold dominion over each o.
Their leaving the cows, yearlings, &C..
near the door, in case of civil war. Ifis
interesting, when "the curfew tolls the
knell of parting days" to observe the far
,ner's boy open his sta!l-door, and give
nod of invitation to the leading charae
ter. ; to see them all forming line of
march, entering the door, and taking
their respective places, precisely accord
ing to rank, without martial music, word
OF command, or. confusion. But ] beg
pardon for this DEPRESSION touching
subject too, which is doubtless familiar
TO almost every farmer.
The "thorough bred" teamster never
forpets his fellow -laborers, SO far as to
suffer himself to set down ts his meals,
before they have commenced theirs -
hey want little else than good bay and
water, to enable them to sustain the most
,sborious exercises They should be fed
in winter three times night, namely,
when frst put up, at sunset,-at ten O.
clock.-and at day break then they are
rrsJy. at sunrise, for the labors of the
dsy. This mode of feeding is better