, 1840-02-01
COW HOUSES.

hilCI SI tlBk u OotA
depends upon the treatment which cattle
receive. How many Of the farmers Of Mid
die Tennessee have prepared TO shelter their
COWS during the approaching winter! TIT
best Teeswaiers, or ATshires, or Dsrons, or
Hcrefords. il is 40 absolute fact, would die
out on the treatment which many OF our
farmers give their common csttle-treat
ment which it Is believed would even bring To
''the lift" the stou;est hearted West Highland
Scott. II is needless to characterize what
this particular management, or rather all
want of management, is-'he who runs, may
read" the effect Of il. all over the country.
Let US reform. We are fond of rich milk,
and butter, and cheese, or good sirioin, or
stea : or delicate roasting bits al vea!-and
we want these things in abundance. Buy
Ing si.orthcrn Durhans frosu Kentucky, alone
will not do. Buying. simply, from the hest
grazicrs at home, will not keep our tables
supplied with these luxuries. Besides, We
must raise to sell a9aiu. Instead Of ex-
haus,ion. We must make this a sort uf Ms aIh
TO the Stale. See what Kentucky has done,
and is doing? Can We not turn the observ-
alton 10 goot' account! 1t is entirely with
in the power Of every stock raiser in the
State 10 do so-snd a. a beginning, let those
who have not already done il, Immediately
set about providing some sort Of shelter for
their cattle against the cold winds and rain'
which aro soon about to visit them.
To those who believe they cannot prOfia-
bly, or conveniently 60 I" the expense "iI
b~niltlinx cow houses, we would respectfully
commend TIE erection Of sheds on the south
Of their barns Or cribs, or IN their open cat
tie. yards; and If the latter, TO deitnt the
stock from the co!d damp northeast winds,
and the cold blast from the north snd north
west, with board or plank willis. - as T."
leave the south SIDE open TO admit the sun in
winter, and give free access TO south wiads
In umrne Many farmers iced ID their
yards, in racks, without sheds, and pride
themselves on their economy, Us compared to
the wastefl habits Of the ~neighbors in feed
ing on the ground or in the the feIls; land
true here 10 = great saving in food, a. we'll as
dung dropped, watered, and iranPed 10 By
the cat;le) but such gentlemen ought to rec.
oiiect that the manure will he greatly inferi.
or to that made and psrserved sa,Ier cover.
whilst the cattle themselves will b much
harder to fattsn while suffering with wet
and cold, than If they had dry and com.
Portable shelters.
In the older States there u . iludable EN-.
ulation among the farmers in building goh
barns and farm houses for cattle. This IL
particularly the case in Pennsylyania and
Maryland. The following accounts Of a
superior farm arrangement is from the zen
Of Mr.. Robert Smith, of Baltimore, and is
here appended, for the especial emulation OF
the more spiri,ed breeders of good stock
among The readers Of the CuItivator.
"The barn is constructed according 10 the
best Pennsyivania mode.s. Tie yard is to
the ;osth Of it. On the east and IVES, sides
are COW stables, containing 100 well.m,de
stables, and ventilated by 4 sufficient number
windows and double doors. la these ST..
tles are, 10 sunnera s well a. in winter ser.
eral ranges Of cattle. duly Uttered and prop
erly secured each by r chsia and h inter. At
the tails Of each range Of COWS, there i. a
drain made OF strong planks, ~ fixed as To
receive all their dung and urine. These sew,
eral drains have Il sut6 rient d~ec.iviiy to car +,
~ all the fluid matter to their southern ter.
mination . cistern fifty feet long. TIE cis-
tern is 20 placed and constructed rs to re.
ceive not only the urine Of the stables, but
also liquid matter OF the farm yard. 10 i,
There is 4 pump, by means of which lis con.
tents are pumped into a large ho-shead, fixed
on a plir Of wheels dawa by oxen. To
the end Of this hosshead is attached q box
pierced with holes, iuto which this liquid
manure f1oxs through = sIisot and faucet,
and is then sprinkIed over The ground as the
oxen more forward.
aFor the purpose Of a~uSmenting The gum.
tity and improving the quality of the fs,i
of my stock Of svesy kind, ! have establish.
ed = steam apparatus. Ii vets Of = boiler
and two wooden boxes, in which boxes is
steamed the food. The boxes contain each
eighty bushels. By this simple apparatus ev-
ery species Of coarse vegetable Otfal 10 con.
verted into nourishins food, and all the ordi.
nary provender 10 readered more nutritious."
Soyaers CxAirator.
IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK.
Il is well known by intelligent farmers