Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-11-06
The Farmer.
From. the Nuc York Working Farmer.
rcor,nmv I'M WMTERIWG STOCK,

EcoMomY IN WMTERING STOCK.
ITbe following practical article is from
the Vermont (semi weekly Eagle. and de-
seryes-,o be republish d in every naper IN
the Union. II our readers will follow the
.dv;ce of MFR. Tufts, and at the same time
make proper use Of roo'-cr"ps as explained
in The letters of ssrs.sCampbell, Mason
and others, in our former numbers, they
will then reach the maximum Of excellence
in win,ering stock. The false phlan'hro-
nv so often urged in favor of giving exef-
So ci.e to fa,,inu cattle. is only eqnalled IN
folIv by those over nice housewives who
scrIb their backloss from motives oi clean'
Illness
According to the repor, OF The Commis'
sioner of Patents for ls4s, Vermont pro-
duced I 400, 900 tons of hay. which at 5
dollars a ton amounts TO 81 900. 900 do.
lars. This is BY far The most important
crop 10 the farmer, and if by any means
more economical method of feeding can
he prac,rscd. BY which he may treaiizc the
s,me amour, Of benefit from six tons than
he now does from seven, a saving OF Sl,-
GOO Goa ANNUALLY would :. I've made-a sum
no, to he despised by the hard working
people of Vermont. II this saving IS made
and there is no doubt but il may lie, 4
mus, be. no, only by keeping more stock
but by keeping what they have d!6'r'nH i.
Some farmers have faculty oi keeping
their stock thriving ,hrnugh the wInler'
while others, and the class is very large
one, keep their cattle so poorly, that before
winter is hall through, they sre" but So
many walking dictionaries 10 define the
phrase "spring pocr;' and if they are not
..levied on" before spring TO satisfy a
"crow tax" they have very lille then to
carry to the pasture excep, skin and bones
Why do farmers practice SO differently
The man who keeps the sleek. lhr't'y-look'
ing cattle, thinks it for his interest 'os do
40, while the man who has The poorest
stock is equally confident he cnnno, afford
to keep better. Ono goes upon The Prn-
ciple of wintering stock 81 as to receive
The greatest amount of growth possible
from his hay !: the elher. that Of keeping
his stock as cheap:as possible. To throw
light upon the comparative profits Of The. e
two systems, we will look a ,momcnt n:
some established principles common to all
animals, and which must be Of great prac-
teal utility TO every stock grower.
l. Every animal requires food in pro-
portion to the temperature OF the surround
ING medium. '.The animal body is heat
ed mass, which bears the same relation 10
surrounding objects as any other heated
masses. 1t receives hea, when the sur
rounding objects are hotter, i, loses hca,
~hen they are colder than itsrf."
How unequal, then, must he the Ioss Of
heat from the animal body in warm cir
male. when the temperature Of the air Is
nearly equal 10 that Of lie blood. and in
the frigid regions. when the air is 9O0 or
I0O0 lower; yet it is found that the blood
of the African al the equator is no warmer
Than TINT of the northern tribes exposed to
all the rigors Of this cline, and frequently
with verv little clothing or shelter. How
then is this loss Of hea, in the latter case
supplied Obviously by the amour, OF food
consumed, for while the one is daily salts.
fled with few OUNCES, the other requires
his pounds. Or, if the amour, consumed is
the same difference will be found in kind.
The African may eat dozen pounos OF
Light vegetables. bot the Esquimaux will.
without fhe slightest Inconvenience, devour
as manr pounds Of ,allow or lard. Liebig
SAYS, q" The source Of animal heat is the
natural action between the elements Of food
and the oxygen, conveyed by the circula.
ton OF the blood to every part Of the body.
This high temperature Of the animal body,
or. as i, maybe called, disengagement of
heat, is, uniformly and under all crcum.
stances, The resul, o. a combination OF a
combuslble substance with oxygen. The
carbon which is converted into carbonlc
acid within the body, must give out exactly
rs much heat as if il had been directly
burn, IN the air OF oxygen gas"
According to this theory. the body acts
as furnace, which mus, a, all times be
kept heated to a given temperature. The
carbon of the food is the fuel that hen,s the
furnace 10 combination with the oxygen Of
the atmosphere, drawn into the system BY
respiration.
2. The food of animals is regulated by
the amount Of exercise taken. and the
raPldity OF breathing. Any animal exposed
10 the cold, will soon free ~ without some
method Of warming himself. II he resort
10 exercise, he will breathe faster, conse-