The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-27
UEPRODUCTIvg MIX

lkPFODCCIEE MILK
The caune which reuters milk poor.
that Ia, deprlSes 1t Of ls proper qnnru,,
ct butter, Is the respiraIion It .uu laiys a
quantity 0! oxygen. his ya> ro,, b 10,
50 readlI' with butter. tha. ii Is ct y1-n,
iurror ance To prevent Nh Excess tom ga
tering HE to,iies Of mix cow. Nov Ia.
number oi re>plrati"h, /, Iucrpa--,d b,
Exercise, or By external coonup ht;,y4
III re OK gen IN tite>- c.,e- en- es th- -,s
tenn, suu conHu.nes pr"p"rl"nai qusn
uty OF The oatirr II Ito ullk
|, !, known that wt-n Gov iuns 90
comes DOT, and is apt 30 tuTn SOUR Tie
runt'ug Increases tie number OF he COW $
respiration an c"n-eI -n;ly the
s"nOun; o. c1'g gen thai enter lhe
-tstcn. Tn. oxygen untes VIII, lha
Outer, or III o!her words. II hur,.s Il aua
the heat proiucsl in 'hs mix is the
result OF the cntnhlstimn If the butter
he 'nik N snCu case ls slsn reduced
III volume, TINS Is par;Iy caused ty the
evaporation OF lis warcr b. means II me
! heal produced hence it is that such ,n,lk
Is much poorer than usual, and apl To be
come acid hence, also, ar,es III. prac-
tice of driving home 10 be mlikel Only
such cows AS feed near home, while those
III distance ara mixed 10 the fields. The
amour; OF oxygen inhs'el " hen the an
mails are driven from Li.ianre. il so con
sIdesab!e, that the butler is psr'I, con
sunsd.
To obv;s:e an ex ,essive respiration Of
OK. gem, We find that all careful dai', men
allow their COWS To walk home from The
pasture as e'sure 4, possible. When
mich cows ara not win cred IL sheds or
houses In which the necessary degree If
warmth !. kept up, the oily ingredients
OF the milk are consumed in sustaining
animal heat. Swiil>nilk men promote
the secret,on of milk in Their cows. by
feeding them with ho, s~ilI but this de-
>crip'ion Of food has bad etf4c, on the
digestive organs, and produces diseases Of
various kinds. of which the slublnl nal
ady is loathsome example.
CHARCOAL AND SALT FOR STOCK.
In your issue Of December 9 b last. Z
D.' says he has for some time been in
the haos Of feeding charcoal and salt to
bis stock, and has found it beneficial and
especially so in guarding his animal.
agsinst epidemics, and asks how these
beneficial results are produced.
have for ten wears been in :he habit
of regularly feeding my hogs salt and
stone coal, and have concluded that they
are sure preventive of thai pest hog
cholera. as it swep, off large numbers Of
hogs all around me, while mine have been
entirely exempt. AS stone coal and char,
coal are both Of the same nature both be
ing carbon with more or less impurities
their action is similar. The following is
my theory of their action, after careful OBJ
servation end investigation.
A hog frequently eats more than bis
stomach can digest, this surplus food
lies on the stomach until il snurs. and pro
ducss wha. men call heartburn Stone
coal or charcoal neu,ralizes This acidi,.,
and the saIt stimulates digestion if the
animals cannot obtain these articles the
acidity increases until 1t produces ,ufan-
nation OF the ssomach and bowels. and
this. II long neglected, will produce chr!-
e'a or other diseases Of similar charac-
ter.
1t will not answer to give an occasional
dose Of coal and salt Thev should b.
placed within reach, so that the animal
can supply itself a. occasion requires
Hogs thus supplied will eat con-ide rabi4