The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-02-03
Pure Air In the House, Dairy and Stable.

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YES, we have heard all about t hat be-
fore" says the dairyman. ut is all
very well to talk about pure air and bad
air, but as we don't have the making OF
the air, don't see what we can do
about it, In one sense this is true but
in another it is not, The wind bloweth
whittier il chooseth and it is very true no
man can control the wind, but he can in
q great measure regulate its purity so
far as his immediate surroundings are
concerned,
For instance, we remember reading in
a pamphlet, about butter making, story
something like this:
The daryman comes into the dairy
room and discovers everything neat and
clean, and so far as his sense of smell
is concerned, the air is sweet and pure.
Now, suppose mile away on the side
of bill dead cow lies purifying in
the hot sun and gentle breeze is setting
in the direction of the dairy house. The
man in the dairy-room can detect no
evidence of carrion in the air. If he
could he would Immediately take meas
ures to exclude the air But suppose
you take into that room a hunting dog
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nature makes them, couldn't he smell
itp If let loose, would he not 90 as
straight as an arrow to that dead cow
Birds of carrion can smellit twenty miles
away. Now, what is the effect of this
decayed matter on the air? We have
all seen dew form on the outside of
pitcher of ice-water The same dew or
water forms on the face of the water
simply because the water is colder than
the air. Whenever this is the ease, the
dew forms and carries with it into the
milk or water all the disagreeable ele-
ments with which it may be charged.
This being the case. all the care in the
world devoted exclusively to the inside
of the dairy room will not preserve the
purity of the milk. The farmer must
have his wits about him and his eye.
about the fem. All dead animals must
be buried, but there are pig pens and
piles of manure that cannot be buried;
but they can, in a great measure, be
suppressed by means OF energetic care
and Stacked lime. Pig pens should be
f1oored two or three feet from the ground,
upon high ground, so the air and as much
sunshine as possible can get under them.
There is no need either that the manure
pen should make a general nuisance of
itself. If there is no means of suppress
sing its stenches at the stable. it should
be daily hauled to the fields or otherwise
disposed of.
There is also too much ventilation fire.
quently IN the dairy. Modern methods
of excluding the air from open contact
with the milk relieves the dairyman from
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always more pure than warm air, and it
is well 20 be more particular as to what
point of the compass it comes from than
the time of day it is admitted
In regard to the air of the stable, many
dairymen are criminal in their neglect
of it. Ventilated it may be, but with
total disregard to all the principles of
hygiene. If the air that goes in comes
Immediately out of a manure cellar,
or off of the face of pool of liquid
manure, or passes first under the feet of
the COWS before it reaches their nostrils,
then there might better be no ve4-
tilation. Foul airs are usually heavy
and lie near the ground unless disturbed
by drafts. For this reason, so far as
practicable, all stables should be tight
near the ground and have all openings
above the heads of the animals, to com
pei, as far as possible, ventilation down
ward.
Cows breathing foul air will certainly
have deleterious effect upon the dnan-
tity of the milk they yield. You might
as well feed carton to cow as to com
pei her TO breathe it all day long We
know it affects her often to the extent of
creating abortion, which goes to show
that her system is highly sensitive to bad
smells. Fresh air and plenty of it is
what the COW wants and what the dairy
man wants, and there should be nothing
about the farm that will have the least
effect in checking lie npply.-American
Datrynada.
Profanity ought TO pay tariff IT is
luxury to those who use it, ard ii
should be taxed with whisky and to-
bacco luxuries. ~. q. Ptcauune.
borrowed money is a noteworthy
object.