Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-03-14

gid regions, found his men lost their ap-
petite for light fsod, and ate clear butter
and grease, with keen relish, and with
out the slightest Inconvenience, and that
their health and comfort required these
articles Of food in proportion - they were
exposed to the rigor Of the climate.
Warmly clad travellers have found, to their
great surprise, that the men in some Of the
northern tribes, who wear little clothing,
will consume daily ten pounds Of aesh, be-
sides eating as freely of tallow candles as
we do of apples. So it appears that shell
ter and clothing, to . certain extent, an
sver the purpose Of food. If We apply
this principle to the wintsring of stock
it is obvious q great saving may bs made
in hay. The cattle in the barn are 90
many furnaces that must be kept heated.
If the surrounding medium is cold, there
must be more fuel, or the eattis's desh
will be consumed to keep up the heat.
The farmer, then, wAo has 20 tons Of hay
in cold barn, may save at least one tenth
Of it, by s1pending small sum in ma
king his stables warm; and this saving be
may make every year he fills his barns
besides having his cattle in much better
condition in the spring.
Farmers frequently buy hay in backward
springs, paying high prices, when, if they
had expended one-half Of the money paid
for the hay in fixing up their stables, they
would save buying any hay, besides hav-
ing their stables warm for future use So
the objection farmers sometimes make to
repairing their barns-that they are poor
and in debts the very reason why they
should repair them. If they are paying
six per cent. interest on their stock, they
can i'll afford to lose twice Is much more
in keeping it. Cold barns will make .
Jarmer poor, a we'll ss bis cattle. A mer-
chant or mechanic would grow poor fast
enough if he wasted ten per cent. Of his
stock. No wonder, then, farmers grow
poor who waste often more than ten per
cent. Of all their cattle in cold, open
barns. The farmer had better sell ton
or two of hay, Gf he can not do without)
and get some money to make his barn
warm.
We have seen cold stables made quite
comfortable by boarding them on the in
side, three or four inches from the outside
boards, and filling the intermediate space
with straw The front side of the stable
should also be boarded up, leaving space
open to feed the cattle, which may be kept
open or closed, according to the tempera-
ture of the weather. This is very cheap
method for those who cannot build new
barns, or make thorough repairs upon old
ones and it is only necessary to have il
accomplished, that the farmer should 90
about It. 1t may be done at any season
of the year, in fair weather or foul Far
mers, in what manner can you more profit
ably invest few dollars? You have, per
baps, warm kitchen, and find it much
less expensive providing fuel for it than
for cold one, besides being much moro
comfortable for your family. You will
End there is as much economy in having
a warm barn, as in having warm kitchen;
and although the comfort Of your cattle is
not to Be compared with that Of your fam
lily, yet it should not be forgotten. Could
the dumb brutes speak, they would tell
many sad tales of suffering yes, and
they would argue, too, more .feelingiy
than ever stump speaker could, in favor
Of protection. JOHN TUFTS.