Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-06
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Tirh, Barn, and Sick Cattle.

MN EpIroE There has been much writ.
ten Of late, about Improvement. Of farms
anl farm huillirg.. and 70 would not be
strange %. m some instances, these improve
msui. should b. carriei % sIircmcs. Sew.
srll years aso. learned hy experience that
ti.ht harm. were not healthy fir cattle. and
little rea.rniu. upor the suhicc, will sN-
PLAIN vhy thi. -. II 10. a well known
fact, that the droppings of cattle. both sol-
% ani liquid. eI ale a vast amoan, OF eAs--
Of Different kinds. ani these gass- are un6s
iur respiration ID cattle are deprived Of
air. and breathe th,-- ssscs, they die instant.
", and II they breathe air imprcsnatcd with
lars, proportion cl thee rase', they SICK.
en- Immediately. the disease most likely 20
Be- produced b. pn.umonia, or inflammation
Of he lungs, as the poison sapPlisl direct.
" 70 the lungs.
TNov what provision i made m modern
tight harms g. Get rid Of these gasesF Why,
there J.. ysntilator on the top Of th, barn,
but how are thee gascs to gct to the top %
the harm, since a large proportion Ct them
ar heavier than atmosphere air. Th, car.
bonic and sulphurous sascs, which are more
abundant than all Others. are heavier than
ar, and consequently will not Ascend am.
nonia !. light and would az away, but the
caThouic and sulphurou' cases, having a
strong AFFINITY ior ammonia. seit, the iusi-
tive. and ~ a chemical action. new com
pound j. formed heavier than air, which, 70
e5ur.s. must remain. unless there il some
uniersrousi passage BY which /, can escape.
n thsr, j. no place Cor IT, escap-, th.ss Gl'-
- accumulate until the harn h,cones fllci
with them, the hay i imprsguaiei, and the
.tocs has 70 -.t a. well a. breathe this noS-
ious mat cr. and the trouble - wore. IL The
sock J., high lcl. First. because high TED
animal. have a greater amount OF blood. tlc
blood yc.-sl' are fuller, and consequently a
greater tendency TO congestion. secondly,
because the cIcremcnis Of high fed animals
evolve a much greater amount Of gascs than
that Of Others. and the disculty Of ysutila-
tioa i. iucroasci by the aci that thc.s sa's.
Arc % nearly Of the weight Of air. II thsy
were al light. like ear5ur.lted hydrogen,
they would soon escape AZ the top. or u
they were heavy ike water, or even pure
ear,Jui, acid gas, they would, IN no-i
b,ru,. end cracks .as,,sntly large 70 run
oai near the boitsn but A. the facts prove
that tbe-s gases arc nearly Of ibesarae weight
Of ar, am LED 10 the following eoncla.
si1u,
Tlr.i. that the wall, Of harms should ney.
,r be clapboardel then there will BE- sen.
tls current constantly passing through the
barn, aud the sa.se- passing out Of the
crack, on tho ic.wari eide second, that
the stable or hJrs.. and cattle should *.
tend from one snl Of the harm 10 the other,
with a door at each end. both of which
should generally b. open excepting IN severe
cold weather. and In storms. | have found
by s1p.rencc thA' hor.s kept up IN a
snail tight stable will commence coughing
in a very lev day. C.ttle DO not suffer
with the co,I. (anleS- the cold l. eItreme.l
II they are In god health. arr well fst,
and have a dry. clean stall, and plenty o.
good ar O. breathe The lans- ot an OF
will manufacture a vast ain1uut Of animal
beat. have known q COW % be win,erei
-ith no other shelter than au open 'hod,
more than two hundred n,l-s further north
than Massachusetts,, and she gave milk oil
winter. aDi came out well in the 'prins
Now. II d, should prove iha, the sickness
among the cattle i not caused BY tsnt
b1rus, and high feeding, Vet l should not be-
lir,e that 10 was contagious pneumonia. ior
that would BE- new thing under the sun.
I cannot learn that there ever wa, such
disease among cattle a. contagious Pasuuo-
MA. intended 20 say 'om'ihIns OF the
treatment Of pneumonia, bat l have alreai,
spau 50 long yarn you viii BE- impatient
before YOU get through reading it, therefore
vii. c.yse.
STEPHEN ADAMS.
W. Nestled, Ne. Apr @, IStO