Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Keep the Stables esYarm.

A farmer who will let his animals
suffer from cold when he could easily and
with a very triIling expense keep them.
comfortably warm. not only onobt 10
suffer himself, bat most surely will sut-
fer. II 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 in laroe mart
! If given to an mails that are much of the
timo curled up or shiver;ng with cold.
= Now there is no necessity for lettino
cattle snffer, even in a large. cold barn.
ii the outside boarding is old and loose,
anu IL seems like too great an under
taxing 10 put the whole building in first
ciass oruer by new covering. n great
deal can be done for the comfort of the
animals by putting up tight board par
tHlons between the stables and the other
portions OF the barn 1t will do no
/ special harm to have the hay-mows and
tooi-rooms cold, if the rooms where the
animals are Kept are made suffic emily
warm. FIRST line the stable against the
utter walls with matched boards from
hoor to scafiold, mailing the boards upon
three-lnch studding or joisis, set up on
end or placed horizontally, according
as tie outside boards are nailed on.
Inc arr space between the outside and
inside boarding will do a great deal t.
( wards keeping the air ins de the stable
Of an even temperature. The partitions
against the hay-mows need to be of sim
gle boarding only, but if there are large,
ccli' empty carriage or tool-rooms, that
are very cold in extreme weather, dou-
be boarded partitions here, too, will not
be oh. b.cctionable. Half inch. or quite
thin boards. If matched and laid tight,
VIII answer the purpose just as well as
thicker, II they are ma led closely. Have
double doors il you really want your
stable warm and Your cattle comfort
able
With stables arranged in this way we
have been able to keep large stock of
cattle comfortably warm in the very
t coldest 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 get low, towards spring,
there rs more open space in n barn to
be warmed by the heat of the animals.
and sometimes the stock suffers more
from cold in March than in the sharpest
weather OF midwinter. Now we do not
fear to. have it within our power to shut
cattle close enough in the very coldest
weather so that they will te able to
Keep thoroughly warm. There is more
danger of loss from cold than from loss
from bad air in clean stable in cold
weather. The tightest walls we Wi
be likely to build, il above ground, will
LET all the fresh air through that will be
required to keep animals healthy in the
coldeSt weather. To make a stable
still warmer, Eoard down in part from
the seaffOld to the foor with single
boarding. jOinted but not matched. A
little draught at the noses is a good deal
more endurablc than from behinI.
Let Tic lower part of the boarding be
nailed to cleats like doors, and hinged
so they can he opened for feeding aud
for freer circulation of air when more
air is required. These doors NAV be
left open little way at any tins TO
give ventilation, more or less, accord.
ing as the other walls of the stable are
loose or tight. A man can keep a
single horse or COW in stable finished
in this way, in a barn where one would
be in danger of freezing the extremities
if exposed TO the open space of the whole
barn with its free connection with the
outside temperature. OF course the
stalls Tor one. or a few animals, must
be partitiOned off smaller than fer a
large stock. There are a good many
poor Irishmen who actually winter their
single cow in bovel with more com.
fort to their animals, and more profit
to themselves, than is obtained by come
Yankees in their o'd cold harms. Ii is
good stormy weather work at this
season to fix up the stables so a; to
keep the stock all comfortable, and in
condition to render the greatest amount
OF profit possible to their owners. The
cost will be found very triflng com.
pared to the gain that will ult.-Ncm
England Farmer.