Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-26
Farm Stock in Winter,-Waste OF An.
NAL Heat.

4 IHNl HCHls
There is no farmers wife so iSno-
| rant OF the simple laws OF nature as
! to attempt to bake loaf OF bread
with the oven doors open. No
! thoughts, woman would waste fuel
in that way. And yet, arc not some
| ct the practices OF farmers quite as
| wastetul Take for example, the
loss OF animal heat resulting from IN.
sufficient protection ot stock in VIM
ter 1t is well known that III all warn,
bloodes animals, heat is generated
by some mysterious process OF cons
bustion which is sustained by the con-
sumed food. and mi absence, by
the adipose or fatty tissue OF the
body. When the temperature ofthe
atmosphere is lower than that OF the
body, heat radiatcs or passes Oft con-
stantly. II the air is very cold, the
radiation of heat is very rapid. and
unless the supply OF heat is kept up,
the temperature OF the body would
soon correspond with that OF the air.
I. is very clear then-the quantity OF
heat-prodncing TODD necessary to
| MAINTAIN Uniform temperature Of
the body being in exact proportlon
| to the loss Of heat by its passing Oft in
/! the air-that a much larger quantity
OF such TODD is necessary when the
| animal is exposed to extreme cold
than if it is well protected. II is the
fuel, which is burning night and day,
| keeps the creature warm. We DO
not say this as anything new. On the
contrary it is well known to every
farmer The only thing peculiar of
strange in the matter. is that the pracI
tce Of SO many farmers should exhibi
it a striking Indifference or the sub
ject. Many neglect to furnish warm
quarters tor their stock, and others
1 who have comfortable harms and sta
bles. keep stock all or part of the
time ''out IN the cold"
We once knew farmer IN COM
Portable circumstances, Of such gen.
eral good intelligence that he was
chosen to represent the town in the
General Assembly" tor several years
in succession, who gave his sheep no
protection whatever, not even an
open shed III winter, because they
were supplied by nature with a
| fleece TO keep them warm On one
OF the best ia: ms in Chester County
we have seen mich cows lying on
ice and snow III barn-yard much ex-
posed to wind, without little straw
to lie upon on winter nights, when 4
warm stable stood vacant.
! We desire especially to have it
understood that we do not advocate
the system OF constant housing in
close quarters, deprived OF exercise
in the open air. which, with high feed,
is destroying the constitution Of so
many herds and Hooks OF breeding
animals. Nothing can be more odious
to the friend OF improvement in stock
than this pernlcious system. There
is proper medium course between
the two extremes. The loss result.
ing from undue exposure to cold is
three fold. Extra keeping is neces
sary to maintain the condition-here
is loss of forage. With warm
qnarters.1 there would be a gain q
Aesf. Instead of loss, without extra
teed-here is a loss Of condition
Constant suffering from cold ex
hausts and enteehles the nervous sys
ten, upon which depends the health
tul performance OF all the functions
Of the body-herc is loss Of health
| II there is some special drain upor
the system, such as the labor OF hors
es or the productlon Of milk by cows
which requires extra food, tn
necessity for protection from
cold is much greater, for the an
imal heat must be sustained first
1t that requires nearly all tn
food, the remainder VIII be INSULT
Client for work or milk, which mus
be made UP out Of the stores in th'
body. 'aseT iif.aiHs bss si# NJ
Without abiding in specific term
| to every detail to be attended to, W
desire to urge farmers. not to Try Il
bake their bread with the oven doc
open.-F american Stock Josrssal. g
! A certain eminent temperance lee
turer was setting forth mo st aw
| tul portraiture Of old King AlchO