Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-08-09

And Triumph crown our Cause again.
Yes-boldly be our banner flung,
And firmly let ev'ry freeman be-,
soon-soon shall leap from ev'ry tongue
The thrillin5 shout Of Victory.
FEEDING OF HOGs.-An able writer Gays,
"there is positive !oss-npedless throwing
away Of 90 to so per cent, of the food iI win
tering domestic animals, which is literally
burned up by nature, in the cold climate, TO
keep their blood and the whole animal some
20 or 80 degrees warmer than the tempera-
ture Of the air by which they are surrounded.
1t is not merely the hay, oats. and corn in do
nestle animals, and the bread and meat in man,
(which are consumed like the animal oil in a
lamp, 10 warm the system, that are lost, but.
by inhaling a cold and dense atmosphere, and
bringing large amount Of oxygen gas into
the lungs, and through them into the blood.
than is needed. inf1amations are generated,
ending in consumpiions alike in man and
beast. Exercise increases the motion Of the
respiratory organs, and the consumption Of
animal fat. The food that will keep horse
fat in warm stable. will hardly prevent him
from starving when driven IS or 40 miles
day. In the latter case, he will expel twice
as much as in the former and the excess Of
heat in the system will pass off in copious
perspira,ion, and in the discharge of much va
por from his nostrls. All our domestic ami.
mails, then. are living furnaces, which will
have to be warmed by burning hay. oats, and
corn for the next six months" He adds,
that he conld prove from accurate experiment.
and facts well known. that in the State or
New York alone, the loss from na',ention to
warmth Of cattle will be equal to SIS. 900, 900.
He calls on the farmers: "Bank up your
stables If they need it. cell them with rough
boards on the inside, and fill in the space with
tan bark, horse dung. pea straw or some other
non-condnctor CT heat. keep all your domestic
animals warm, dry. and quiet, if you wish
them to yield the largest return in fat, tallow,
milk, butter, cheese, and wool, from auy given
amount Of suitable food.'
A striking example Of the importance of
shelter for cattle is presented by the success
which has attended keeping calves over win.
ter in corn.helds. or on the praries, where
the Winds are proverhiAlly bleak the stalks
break of the wind, while the calves eat of the
stalk and the corn what they please. and keep
fat without doing much injury to the crop,
or at least the good overbalances the injury
they do. In travelling in the valley Of the
Wabash in May and June. people may be
seen picking and Smelling the corn in one
part OF the field which is to be planted in an
other; the loss is found TO be less than is sup.
posed, dedocting the ravages committed by
the birds and wild animals.
Professor Playfair remarks on this subject
as follows: "Heat is. therefore, an eqnivo-
lent TO food; and by knowledge Of this fact,
we may economist the latter very considera-
bly,. We know that cattle fatten much more
u n "a nso han in
being, that part Of the food is expended in the
production Of the necessary heat. Lord Du-
Gle was kind enough TO communicate to me
an experiment Of his, in which one hundred
sheep were fed in the open air. and another
hundred in tine same space, with sheds to re.
tire into at pleasure. The FIRST lot ale Is lbs.
Of Swedes per day the latter only 20 lbs,
although this lot. with FIVE pounds day less,
had gained an average Of two lbs. per sheep
more than the last, at The conclusion Of the ex.
pertinent" Some other experiments of lord
Ducle are thus given.
"Ist experiment.-Five sheep were fed in
the open air between the 2lst Of November
and the LIST OF December; they consumed 80
lbs. OF food per day. The temperature of
the atmosphere being about A degrees. AT
the end OF this time they weighed 2 pounds
less than when first exposed.
"2d experment.-Fiv Five sheep were placed
under shed, and allowed 10 run about at a
temperature Of 40 degrees they consumed a,
least "a lbs. Of food per day. then 20 lbs. and
al the end Of the time had increased in weight
% lbs.
I'D experiment.-Five sheep were placed
IN the same shed as in the last experiment.
but not allowed to take any exercise; they
ate. at hrs', GA lbs. Of food per day, then IS
lbs. and increased in weight 80 lbs.
4th experimen,-Fiv sheep were kent
quiet and covered, and in the dark they ate
IS lbs. day. and were increased lbs
Ellsworth's Report.
Recollect. tina, Henry Clay made speech
IN the Senate at the extra session in lS4I, in
which =, ne urged Congress 10 pu, tax on tea
snd oonee. He got into great rage when il
wac defeated. and declared he would have
these articles taxed al the next session Of Con.
gress.-ChiIlico,h Advertiser.