Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-10
Guupfrs Glurkahlrg Resiatrr
From the Albany Cultivator.
PROTECTION TO WORKING HoR.


am we'll aware that l have chosen
subject, with reference to which, among
farmers, there exists almost an infinite va
riety of opinions.
One wi / tell US, to keep work horses
warm and comfortable by means of close
atablss (: another says, let the stables be
pretty airy-but, when necessary, blanket
your horses. Another says, let your hor-
ass have cold stalls, for they will endure
the cold much better, when taken from
the stable. But it strikes me, that the
moit proper stables for work horses, are
those, the temperature of which, Is about
the same as the surrounding atmosphere,
with the walls or ceiling SO tight, that
cold currents of air shall not be permitted
to blow directly on \ horse.
There is little danger, apprehend, of
making stables too tight, provided they
are well ventilated above.
When a horse has been cent out in a
storm, either in the field or on the road,
when he is broughS into the stable, warm
and sweaty. Of cold and wet, he does not
like to stand where the wind is continual
w Sowing on him-no more than . labo-
ing man who has come from the woods, in
= cold stormy day, would like to have his
dinner table spread for him, in = bark
shAnty, and Destitute of fire. And be-
sides being unpleasant and uncomfortable,
it il decidedly injurious and detrimental
to the health of either man or beast.
1t is a great fundamental principle in
the physical world, and o fact well known
to avery chemist, that evaporation, wheth-
err it takes place from organized or inor-
gAnic bodiss-from animate or inanimate
substances, is cooling process, and there
fore, when the bodies of animals are ex-
posed to wet and cold storms, they need
to be protected from suffering injury, from
the powerful influence of evaporation.
When I have been exposed to the wet
storm, and my garments are filled with
water, why do l not dry them on my per-
son, instead of hanging them before the
FIRE p? Simply because there would be
danger of contracting cold. If attempt
it, l Hoon perceive that evaporation takes
place 80 rapidly, and such = degree of
cold is generated, that my physical sy stem
Il in danger of receiving 4 shock, which
it il not able to resist or endure without
injury, consequently, when nature has
aroused its most vigorous reaetive ener-
giss they being inadequate to counterfeit
the powerful influence of evaporation, it is
obliged to yield to the prsponderating in
huence, and to suffer the penalty of vi
olsnt physical lava cold But if
wrap myself in thick cloak or blanket
evaporation 10 Immediately checked, and
the danger of taking cold il very much
lessenSd, Thus with the horse. When
ever he has been exercised so violently
a. to produce profuse psrspiration, he
needs to be stationed where the wind will
not blow upon him, rs Q current of air is
one of the prominent causes which influ-
encS and increase evaporation, and he
needs to be covered with a blanket, until
his hair becomes so dry that he is not in
danger of taking cold
l know that there are many beings who
pretend to possess claims to humanity
who advocate that animals-horses, cat
tie and sheep, are so constructed that
they can endure the exposure to cold and
storms, and the sudden transitions from
heat to cold, without injury; but let the
advocates Of this theory prosecute their
lAborI during cold and stormy day,
without warming Themselves by a fire,
and at night liz down upon cold couch
share of the window panes have been bro
ken out-whils old Borsas tunes hiI harp
high ; and prolOngs his wintry notes lou
der and colder, and heaps the chilling
snow upon their thin covering and then
tell uI, whether or not such exposures
Sndanger their health. Then let them
tell Us, whether the bowling storms of
midnight are injurious to the flesh and
blood of which dumb beasts are made.
Whom l commenced farming operations
by myself, the stable in which kept my
span of horses, during the first winter,
was quite open and airy-juat right a.
many thought and said, to make animals
tough and the consequence was, nv
horses, which were young and high spi-
rited, now, = good part of the time appa-
rently much indisposed. As the spring
approached, each one of them ran at the
nose, and coughsd almost necessarily. [
doetored them for the distsmper, stran-
giles and hsayss; and when all means
proved to be of no desirable efficacy I
began to inquire after the cause Of their
lndisposition, and l deliberately came to
the conclusion, that for the future. nv
horses should be better protected from
the cold winter and storms According
ly, built new stable, and made the
walls tight enough for q store room and
since l have kept my horses in this table,
they have been in better condition-havs
eaten less food-could endure the cold
much better-and have not contracted
such violeH colds. l also made = couple
OF horse blankets, of which no teamater
should be destitute, purchased two wors-
ted blankets, about two yards and half
long and yard in width, and lined or
covered them with a strong cotton facto-
~ which was two yards wide and two
and half long. These were then extern
ded on the barn and painted After thew