Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-01-06
agricultural.
Hints on stabIing Horso. -. 49,

M 'hc arrangements for const,,oti,,
u Aeepihg stables in order; the corf,r. -
sequehtly the health and thrift of tho hal
'iiOuiu Dc Kept IN constant view. Some Iiners,
wen satisfied with the Importance c>o~pure air,
.hahk 1t sufficient to open s4ole window or
u0or oecasionly. for this purpse. This usually
Throws IN cold current a but the animal Is iee''
tie warmer and fouIer air remaining. by ITS leSS
and unreached or, the upper part OF ile A,,s III
tube, running up like small chimney
upper part in which the current may be regula-
ted according to the coldness or windiness of the
weather. by u wooden valve, is far better. Clean
illness under foot is another very import ant
ingredient to the comfort of animals. This can
be secured only by good stone or plank floor,
very frequent cleanings. and suffciency, not
slperabundance, of c can and dry litter. Re-
member, it is about easy to throw out q cart
load Of fresh droppings, in fifty different operations,
performed three times pay, as to do it once a
week at one formidable and disagreeable task.
A stable, clean underfoot, is absolutely essential
to pure air.
Many horses should never be stabbed in one a
partment, or in adjoining stalls, under one roof
For if one becomes affected with disease. especial
-
ity will receive it. One horse getting loose will
disturb the rest; or if one becomes restless from
any sudden attack, the noise deprives the others
of their regular repose, and renders them also
more liable 10 attack. 1t is said that mark
ed difference in the amount of labor performed
by set of horses, has been observed after night
ofdsturbed repose from a single affected animal.
Every farm should be provided with at least
:. loose box " Tor room for turning in loosc) for
any animal that may become diseased.
Sometimes the difficulty of access to hitter,
prevents proper attention to the comfort of sta
blcs. 1t may happen TO be slowed away in some
remote corner of the barn, or still worse and more
common, out of doors covered with snow or
drenched with rain and rendered in great meas
unfit for its intended purpose. The straw of
threshed grain cannot be desposited in too con-
venent position good arrangement is to
place the q straw-barn " between the grain barn
and the stables. and partly over the latter.
Stables commonly made too small. Ma
ny of the stalls made for horses are not over
twelve feet in length, including manager or feed
box. Eighteen feet would be much better. The
partitions should be strong and solid timber and
sufficiently high and tight to prevent their seeing
smelling each other,-the preliminary to kick
ing Boxes should be ten feet square.
Cattle, that are stabbed in winter, are more
apt to be neglected in cleanliness, than horses.
1t seems revolving, that the animal from which
we derive so much of the supplies for the table,
butter, cheese, milk and cream, should be COM
PEELED to lie on foul beds and breathe foul at
Inosphere. Such causes must ofnecessity injure
the quality, and lessen the quantity of these pro-
ducts, at the same time that the animals suffer
IN condition. Clean dry beds, from very frequent
0ie"'iiiG aud "ttNntion. and a good wholesome
air, would certainly. ,or,t:l..so
fort of the animal and still more, we should think
to the comfort the owner and attendant, ifthey
have any appreciation Of the elements OF comfort
and -dlbang Country Gentleman.