New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-20
THE ORANGE COUNTY MILK BUSHES IS.

former article, that cows comfortably stabbed, e.
peciHily during Indictment weather, and regularly
cleaned and fed will yield double quantity Of milk
compared with what they would under system Of
neglect, has struck upon efea! Truth. TIE opinion
OF practical Orange Co. farmer, the result Of years
Of observation corroborstes what bss been proved
fully by Of science in Europe as to be received as
established law. Any ono at all acquainted with
organic chemistry KNOWS that the body Of either 70
animal or human being, is warmed by a deconposi-
ten o., portions Of food, and union Of them with the
oxygen Of the atmos phere. The heat Of the body
reu airs tire same throughout the yea-, with very
eight variation. In cold climates, more fatty o.
producing food il needed 10 pre-erve the average
Temperature Of tho body than 10 the trop,c fcr the
simple rcasun that the external heat is wanting Now
as the eItre Of polar cold and tropical heat effects
the consumption If food in man. exposure Of cows
TO the aud intense cold Of winter, out Of
doors or in lesky barns housing them in warm but
well ventilated stables, when they kept clean, and
fed and ed ut regular huurs, will have similar
cults with those animals We all know that we eat
more in Winter thar in Summer, and especially that
have greater relish for fatty food, while more
liberal vegetable diet is preferred the days grow
hotter. Chemistry shows that there is but one law
al work in the stomach Of all aDimals IL, then, cow
Is turned out lVI Nhoc ia dru Nerhr 10 get Wndl
shelter che may from the ee-side of haysack, sine
devours an extraordinary quantity of food to warm
her piucLed and shivering body before one particle
20 toward the secretion Of milk or the formation
Of flesh. This statement Of Law go well kaown may
seem hardly necessary, but ue fancy there many
hundred who own half dozen cows, oxen. sheep or
swine, WHO never thought Of it before; and this
brings us TO the construction Of ccws!sbles in Orange
County.
A stable should be built with a view to severs!
points, among which we may mention economy of
space consistent with comfort convenience of feeding
and milking the animals, convenience Of lettering
them so that they may have tho largest measure of
liberty Of motion but be unable to njure another
convenience of getting bay from the loft and grain
from the bin to the stalls and convenience of remov
ing the liquid and solid e1cretis 30 as to preserve
their quality aud remove tLem 60 speedily that the
efIluvum may not be bresthed by the COWS. In the
various stables We saw during tour in Orange
County, we do not remember TO have found these
several f. atures combined except in instance, and
even in this not perfectly.
For almost all the above purposes the barn of Mr..
Philo Gregory, Chester, may be highly com
mepdsd. The building il placed on side hill, and is
about thirty feet wido Beneath it there is caps
oious stone cellar for manure and muck, with an
entrance through double door from the barnyard.
On the floor above the cow stalls arranged at
either side Of the building with driveway bet reen,
bu. the animals facing inward and net toward the
walls The floor of the stalls Of course, has slope
to shed liquids. 1t varies in width from
feet to feet inches, 80 that the shorter
bodied AS well AZ the longer ones, will drop their
excrement clear Of the platform, ard Lot be compelled
to lie in it, as they otherwise would. There are no
divisions between the stalls but the cattle are IN part
tethered by stanchions and partly by chain ties sid
ing on a bar or post Behind the platform the iioor
is made Of white oak slss set apart 40 that the dung
may drop through to the cellar BENEATH The toor-
beams are laid feet to centers On the sides stOnt
clests are nailed, and these the 2x3i white oak
stats are dovetailcd and firmly nailed. The stats arc
beveled to sharp edge beneath, so that the manure
will not ccg the open spaces, but drop clear as soon
az il sinks below the upper edges OF the stats. The
Slated space is foot and half in width. Behind
that the first plank of the floor is made to lit Ike
trap door turning hinges to secure an open space
through which hoe the Groupings, litter &c, that
would not readily pass between the Stats. by this
simple coptriyaDce the drcppngs oi thirty COWS car
be removed in few minutes.
In the floor Of the driveway, between the ranges
of stalls are two or three doors through each Of
thus all handling Of il after ii is loaded into the cart al
the swamp is avoided. The manure cellar is nine feet
in The clear so that there is ample space for man
to load up manure to any reasonable weight without
being obliged TO go out of doors and back up 10 re-
ccivc the load.
Mr.. Gregory thinks that by saving his manure il
the cellar in this way, he three times a. much
as formerly and that its quality greatly improved
We feel confident that he is right, for recollect
that experiments made with protected and uupro
tected dung proved that the ordinary barr-yard ex'
posure Of manure to sum- rains and winds, causes in
four months loss Of Ay per cent Of their fertizins
properties.
THE CHESTER MUCK MEADOW.
The farmers in the neghboIhood of Chester are
better situated for making large quantities OF excel
lent manure than those in almost any other place We
have visited. The farms Of Mr.. Gregory, Mr. Rce
and many others touch upon fertile, dry, and very
light muck meadow Of about one thousand acres N e1
tent, the soil black as ink and at least three times light
er than tie ordinary coil Of the uplands. 10 sho"
how little knowledge msy sometimes be of service
pecupiariy 20 farmer, We may mention that I'VE
wears ago q tract CT this fine muck mesdow was solo
AZ sl9 Der acre TO man who had better faith II The
virtnes of the illuminated muck than the owner.
This person cleared of the scrub and ditched the
land SO that became dry and arabic, and the same
wear be sold portion Of his purchase 10 per acre
Attention having been once attracted 10 it by some
extraordinary crops Of potatoes the neighbors initiated
the cleaning and ditchug example and with hsttenne
results. So valuable has the once vsiueess muck
meadow become, that $500 per acre was paid by en-
Irishman for two acres lying the Chester Depot
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