The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-25
Agricultural.


A groa, change has come over the farm
during the last thirty years In all our
thrifty farming districts in the general use
% barn cellars. Formerly saeh an ar
u.ngoment al the barn was a novelty. aud
farmers have slowly learned It's great ad
vantAees The greater comfort OF cattle
the cheaper cleaning Of stables, the more
CONVENIENT watering Of stock the larger
use OF peat, muck ADD headlands in the
compost heap and the greater value OF
manure made under cover Nov the cry
Is raised Of damage 10 fodder and stock by
the barn cellar. Almost every good thing
eau be perverted aud become nuisance,
and il wonld be strange II men who do no,
read much, and think less, could not
abuse the barn cellar which is the ston.
ach Of the farm. The same kind Of men
not inirequen,ly abuse their own stom-
aehs and suffer grieyously in consequence
III you make your barn cellar tight car
bonic acid gas aud ammonia are thrown
of aud iulure the hay stored in the rooms
above, and the health Of the cattle IN the
stables. II you turn your pigs into the
cellar to make compost, and keep them
from the Air and light they become dis
eased and you put bad meat into your bar
rel to breed disease in yonr family. These
are not uncommon complaints circulating
in cur agricultural journals, Well, sup
pose we admit these things to DO true,
what OF it? Is there any necessity Tor hay-
ing barn cellar without yentilation2 II
YOU leave one end open toward the south
YOU certainly have ventilation enough
and the gases that are evolved from fer.
menting manure are not going through
two-inch stable plank and the tight siding
OF the barn when they have the wind to
carry them of. II u barn cellar is proper.
ly managed aud seasonably furnished with
absor bents the ammonia will be absorbed
rs fast as is formed. There will be no cd.
or of ammonia that the nostrils can detect.
| IL the pigs do not do the mixing fast
enough the shovel and the fork, the pillow
and the harrow can be added. The max
ing of compost under the barn is nice
work for rainy days in winter, and is more
likely to pay than any work exposed 10 the
storm, The keeping of pigs under the
barn is a question OF two sides, ind howev-
err we may decide it, barn cellars will stand
on their own merits Amy farmer who
makes "a business OF raising pork for the
market will find well-appointed pig stye
with conveniences for storing and cooking
food paying investment. Ifhe sees fit to
utilize the labor of his pigs by making
compost in wel-regulated barn cellar,
their health is not likely to suffer from the
wholesome exercise nor that of his family
by the use of the flesh. Swine, furnished
with dry sleeping apartment and plenty
of litter for bed will keep comfortably
clean, and not suffer from overwork in the
compost heap. If anything is settled IL
the experience of the last thirty years 1t is
the economy of the barn cellar. Oul
most intelligent farmers, who can com
mand the capital invest in them A nice
appendage to them is watering trough
fed from a spring or cistern in the EN-
bankment, to catch all the water and brinl
it out by faucet upon the stable foo
) above. This works admirably. America
AgricultTist