The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-16
sUNSHIaEIN rllE BARN,
An Attractive ExpOSitiOu or Some Very
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An Attractive ExpoSitiOu or Some Very
" lntercstiug Facts.
In an address before body OF promi.
nent agriculturists Dr.. Nichols some time
ago presented some Cnrjons and interesting
information, which can scarcely be put
into mora readable form than that which
follows. Dr.. Nichols said: The stored
sunshine in our barns in the iorm OF hay
and grain IL, in It's utilization, attended by
losses corresponding with those connected
with change iu other forms o! organized
material. In modern barns properly con.
structed we are aBtonished 10 find how
comfortable the temperature IL when We
enter them on the cold m -rnipgs Of winter,
1t may be difficult for many farmers to
realize that this warmth all comes from the
contents o! their hay.mows and grain.
biEs-irom actual burning or combustion
Of these nutrient materials. The long rows
Of coas aud oxen in the stalls my be- pro.
perly likened to AT arrangement of little
alovea, in which tho products OF The sum.
mer tislds are burned; each animal rep.
rtstnting to stove oil greater or less capa.
city, according to the s'z,. This burning
is not spoken Of in an ideal or poetca!
6cnGcj II Ia actual, positive.
Every load Of hay which the husband.
man takes to his barn from his lisIds In
July or August is to be burned up in win
tel; and the exact amount OF heat which
would be afforded by lts active combustion
III the field Is to be gradually eliminated
from his animals IN cold weather. And
further, the amount of hca. liberated mug,
represent in its energizipg capabilities the
solar energies consumed in the growth OF
the grass or grain. 1n other words, the
number Of incremenls OF heat made seus;.
blu in the organization OF a COW by the con.
sumption Of 100 pounds Of hay exactly
represents the number OF ircrsmcnts Of
heat in the sunshine which proaucsd lhs,
amount Of forage. The food energies Of A
COW ars not all expended 10 producing
animal warmth. A considerable uor.
tioE goes toward the milk-psi); and all the
sunshine OF Our fields that we Tan utiljx,
in the COW is the milk product and the adj.
pose tissue resulting from the !sttepipp
process. The warmth which We expeti.
ence in cur barns in winter is to coneid.
cradle extent wasted heat energy: it ia the
surplus heat generated by the animals, and
which il radiated into space through the
respiratory and e1cretory organs. We d..
minish this radiation OF heat when we give
q bucket Of cold water to each animal. IA
is often done in the morning, and the dim.
mutton Of warmth in barn where there
ls large number Of animals is so great
that the thermometer is sensibly affect.
ed. The same results are reached when
water is thrown upon hot bed Of coals.
1t requires the came expenditure of heat
to raise lGO gallons of ice.co.d water to the
temperature OF 90 F. in tie o,ganitm Of a
herd OF COWS that is required to rails, the
same to like temperature by the fires in q
farmers kitchen. Az wood AID coal are
cheaper produces than hay or grain, it fol
lows that it is matter Of economy to warm
the water supplied to milrh COWS ia The
winter eesson. but give voice TO the ex.
ptrience OF observing farmers when l as.
sert TINT three gallons OF wster at the ireez
ing temperature given twice dey in win
ter to COW will cut short the milk pro.
duct mere than percent in tho twenty
!onc hours. The chem.csl energy requisite
to produce milk cannot be diverted to
heating water in the system OF the COW
without serious loss.