Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-12-23
RuRAI. ECONOMY.

MEASURING CORN IN THE CRIB.-Arrange
the corn in the pen or crib, so that 1t Will bo
of equal depth throughout; then ascertain the
length, breadth and depth Of the pile, IN feet;
multiply these dimensions together. and their
product by ~. Then cut off one figure from
the right OF the last product, and the remain
der will be so many bushels of shelled corn,
and the figures cut off will show how many
tenths of a bushei more. For eXanple-in q
crib of corn in the ear, measuring ten feet
long, eight feet high, and seven feet wide,
there will be 252 bushels shelled corn. Thus,
I0x SIX ~ 4I-252. 9--RHral Farmer.
Horse STABLEs.-MoSt stables are con:truc-
ted in direct violation of every law of nature.
They are made to slope from the hay-r&ck,
back 10 the heels of the horse, when horses
natural position is with the fore-feet the low
est The hay-rack is so high, the horse is
compelled to reach up to get the hay. His
natural position, while feeding, is with his
head down to the ground. The stalls are SO
high that he cannot see his companions, while
he is naturally gregarious and loves company.
| In the stables he stands on the floor; natural
| ly on the earth. In his natural wilds he is a
| racing animal; in the stable he is so confined
| he cannot lie down, and can scarcely turn him
self. 1t is not wonderful, then that nearly ev
cry horse is unsound. Standing with the fore
feet the highest, throws the weight and strain
on the fiexor-tendoms. and destroys the back.
| Turning the nose unnaturaily upward strains
the tendons of the neck while he is eating /;
and is often, unquestionably the cause of poll
evil. High and seperate stalls destroy his
| md make
and morose; and a hard plank floor, on which
he is doomed to stand for twenty and twenty
four hours at a time. will produce ring bone.
Another defect in many stables is, that they
are too tight, with NOW of hay over them.
The ammonia arising from the urine has no
chance to escape the horse is continually
breathing it, it penetrates the hay, and he is
continually eating it. How often do We enter
a stable in hot weather, when the ammonial
air is so repugnant that we can scarcely breathe
it; and yet the horse is compelled to stand in
it, and breathe it, and eat his food which is
completely saturated with it. Can We wonder
that the horses is subject to unusual and acute
and fatal disease 1t is more to be wondered
that he lives at ali under such circumstances.
Hay should never be placed over a stable, so
as to receive the ammonial gas; but stables
should be ventilated above, TO let the
gas and foul air escape. Another error in
the construction of stables is the openings
for throwing ont manure and ventilation. In
most stables. the openings are too low and
allow the current of air TO blow on the horse.
The effect is the same as a current of air on a
human being, producing cold, fever, cough
and consumption. Nor is this all; this cur
rent OF air, which is all the good air the horse
has, comes in from the manure heap, and is
but adding more poisonous gas to that already
existing. 1t is wrong morally, as well as eco-
nomicaly wrong, thus TO treat the horse, one
{ Of the best and noblest of the brute creation.