The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-02-27
Keep the Stables Warm.


A farmer who will let his animals
suffer from cold when he could easily and
with very trilling expense keep them
comfortably warm, not only ought to
suffer himself, but most surely will suf-
fer, if not from cold, from loss of the
growth and product of his animals. The
food itself, which is an already obtained
product of the farm. is lost iu large part
If given to an mails that are much of the
time curled up or siiver'ng with cold
Now there is no necessity for letting
cattle suffer, even in large. cold barn.
If the outside board ng is old and loose,
and it seems like too great an under
taking 10 put the whole building in first
class order by new covering, great
deal can be done for the comfort of the
animals by putting up tight board par
titions between the stables and the other
portions of the barn. 1t will do no
special harm to have the hay-mows and
tool-rooms cold, if the rooms where the
animals are kept are made sufficiently
warm. First line the stable against the
outer walls with matched boards from
floor to scail'old, mailing the boards upon
three-inch studding or ioisis, set mp on
end or placed horizontally, according
as E @ outside boards are nailed on.
The mir space between the outside and
insid' board ng VIII do n great deal to-
wards kcep'ng the air ms de the stable
of an even temperature. The partitions
against the hgy-m1wS need TO be Of sin
gle boarding only, but if there are large,
cold. empty caIr,agc or to1l-rooms that
are very cold in extreme weather. dou-
be boarded partitions here, too, will not
be ob cctonablc. Half inch or quite
thin boards, II matched and laid tight,
will answer the purpose inst as well rs
thicker..f they are na led closely. Have
double doors If you really want your
stable warm and Your cattle comfort
able.
With stables arranged In this way we
have been able to keep n large stock of
cattle comfortably warm in the very
coolest weather. and it has at the same
time been comfortable for those who
have had the care Of the stock But as
the hay-mows gct low, towards spring,
there is more upen space in a barn to
be warmed by the Heat Of the animals,
and sometimes the stock su.,prs more
from cold in Mar h than in the ,harpest
weather Of midwintcr. Now we do not
fear to have It within our power to shut
cattle close enough in the very coolest
weather so that they will lie able to
keep thoroughly warm. There is more
danger Of loss from cold than from loss
from bad air in clean stable in cold
weqthcr. The tigitrsi walls we will
be likely to build, ii above ground. will
let all the fresh air through that will be
required 10 keep animals healthy in the
coldo,t weather. 70 make stable
still warmer, hoard down in part from
the srallold 10 the ioor with single
boarding, jointcd but not nptrhed. 4
little draught at she noses isS good deal
more endurabe than from behnI.
Let tie lower part of the boarding be
nailed TO cleats like doors, and hinged
so they can be opened for feeding aud
for frccr circulation OF air when more
air Is required. These doors NAV he
left open l'ttle way ut any time TO
give ventilation, more or less, accord
ing rs the Othcrwalls of the stable are
loose or tight. A man can keep
single horse or COW in stable finished
in this way, in barn where one would
be in danger Of freezing the eXtremitics
il exposed to the open space OF the whole
barn with its free connection with the
outside temperature. OF course the
stalls for one, or Il few animals, must
b. parttioned or smaller Than for
large stock. There are good m6ny
porF l'ishmen who actJnlly winter their
single COW in hoycl with more COM
fort to ter animals. and more profit
% themselves, than is obtained by ONE
Yankees in their o Il. cold arms. 1t il
good stormy weather WORK at this
season TO fix mp the stables so as to
keep tho stock aIl comfortable, and in
condition TO render the greatest amount
OF profit possible 10 their owners. The
cost viii bn found very tr.nng com
pared TO the gain that viii result. -AeU
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