The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-07-12
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A great change has come over the
farm during the last thirty years, In all
our thrifty farming districts, In the gen.
sral use Of barn cellars, Formerly such
an Arrangement of the barn was q nov
city, and farmers. have slowly learned
its great advantages-the greater COM
fort Of cattle, the cheaper lcleahing Of
stables, the more oohvenient yatering
of stock, the larger use Of peat, muck,
and headlands in the compost heap, and
the greater value Of the manure made
under cover. Now the cry Is raised Of
damage to fodder and stock from the
barn cellar. Almost any good thing can
be perverted and become q nuisance,
and it were strange II men who do not
read much, and think less, could not
abuse the barn-oellar, which Is the
stomach of the farm. The same kind of
men not infrequently abuse their own
stomachs, and suffer grievously in con-
sequence. .'H you make your barn
cellar tight, carb iio acid gas and am
monia are throw of and injure the
quality of hay stor',d in the rooms above,
and the health of re cattle In the sta
bles. II you To your pigs into the
cellar to make COZ post, and keep them
from the air and 1. . light, they become
diseased, and 20 put bad meat into
your barrel to breed disease In your
family. - These are not uncommon
complaints, circulating In our agricul-
turlI journals. Well, suppose We admit
these things to be true, what of ICE Is
there any necessity for having o barn
cellar without ventilstionp If you leave
one end open toward the south You GER
tainly have ventilation enough-snd the
gases that are evolved from fermenting
manure are not going through two-inch
stable plank and the tight siding Of the
barn when they have the wind toe carry
them off. ~ 1f !.
If barn cellar Is properly managed,
and seasonably furnished with absorb
ants, the ammonia will be absorbed as
fast as IL Is formed. There will be no
odors of ammoniR that the postrfls can
detect. If the pigs do not do the mixing
fast enough, the shovel and the fork,
the plow and the harrow, can be added.
The packing of compost under the barn
Is nice work for rainy days in winter,
work exposed to the storm The keep
ing of pigs under the barn Is question
of two sides, and however we may de-
eide it, barn cellars will stand upon
their own merits. Any farmer who
makes business of raising pork for
the market viii find well-appointed
pig-stye, with convenience for storing
and cooking food. epaying investment.
If he sees ft TO utilize the labor of his
pigs by making compost in well-yenti-
lated barn cellar, their health Is not
likely to suffer from the wholesome ex-
eroise, or that of his family from the use
of the flesh. Swine furnished with q
dry sleeping apartment, and plenty OF
litter for bed, will keep comfortably
clean, and not suffer from oyerwork in
the compost heap II anything Is set
tied in the experience Of the hast thirty
years, 1t Is the economy Of the barn
cellar. Our most intelligent farmers,
who can command the capital, invest in
them. A nice sppeudage to them is q
watering trough fed by spring or
large cistern, In the embankment, to
catch all the water; and bring 1t out by
faucet upon the stable floor above.
This works admirably ly.--Ansertca Ag-
ric,tlttuist.