Little Falls transcript., 1884-06-27
AltnI T{1fICs. 81
sSanlight nnd Its Isencf a cial iansnssss
Upon the Farm ss,,d Fazitl
Ope erations.
] Notes On the Cultivsis tor of ftoot
Crops Value of. tiie Ted
s8ss Cedar.
4 ! I (ls.
SUNSHINE IN THE EARN

Ii iii an ad dress before Il of prom
nent agricllturattists DR. q S. me
time ago presented some c,arieais'5 aud
information. Whicsh cam
scarcely be put into q mort la.tbi e 1
form tnan 8that which follows. DR.
Nichols said: The stored sunshine u
our barns il the form of llay anil grain. /
is. in its utilixation alte l:tled l,,s losses
CORES esponding with those orlilected
with change IN other forms OF f,ganiz-#
cd material. III modern barns /, roper
Iy constructed we are ;,stonished TO-
find how comfortable the MIhf t.rature
IS when we / enter them on lie cold
mornings at winter. It mssy be.d fiji
cult for many farmers to re:llize that
this Warmth nil comes from thes CON
tents Of their hay-mows and grain
bins from actna1 burning or comb bus
.tion Of These nntrient materials. The
long rows OF cows and oxen in the
stalls may be properly likened to an
arrangement of Little stoves, in which
the products OF the summer field are. are
burned; each animal reprc rcsenting q
stove Of greater or less capacity, ac-s
cording to the size. The burning is
not spoken Of as an ideal or poetical
sense; it IS actual, positive. Every
load OF hay which the husbandman
takes to his barn from his field in July
or August is to be burned up in winter;
and the exact amount OF heat which
would he afforded by its active combus-.
ton in the field is to be gradually eliln-
mated from his animals in cold wealth.
er. And further: the amount Of heat.
liberated must represent in its ener-f
getic capabilities the solar energies
consumed ID the growth Of the grass
or grain. mother words ti,e;aIumher
of increments of heat made sensible in
the organization OF a cow by tne con-
sumption Of 100 pounds Of hay exact
ly represents the number OF Endorsements
OF heat in the sunshine which pro-
duced that amount Of forage. The
food energies lof q COW are not all ex-
pended in producing animal warmth.
a considerable portion goes toward the
milk-pail; and all the sunshine OF our
fields thatswe can utilize in the COW is
the milk product and the adipose tissue
resulting from the fattening process.
The warmth which we experience in
our barns in winter is to u considers
BILE extent wasted heat energy; it is the
surplus heat generated by the animals,
and which IS radiated into space
through the respiratory and excretory
organs. We diminish this radiation OF
heat when we give q bucket OF cold
: water to each animal, as is often done
in the morning, and the diminution OF
warmth in barn where there is q
large number of animals is so great
that the thermometer is sensibly affect
ed. The same results are reached
when water is thrown upon bed OF
Goals. 1t requires the same expendi-
ture Of heat to raise 100 gallons OF ice
cold water to the temperature OF 90
deg. i. in the organism of a herd OF
4 cows that is required to raise the same
to like temperature by the fires in q
farmer kitchen. AS wood and coa]
are cheaper products than hay and
grain, 1t follows that it is a matter o1
economy to warm the water supp lied
to. nlilch cows in the winter season. I.
but give voice to the experience OF OBJ
serving farmers when assert thai
three gallons of water at the freezing
temperature given twice u day in win
ter to a COW will cut short the milk
product more than 6 per cont. in the
twenty-four hours. The chemicsl en-
ergy requisite to produce milk cannot
be diverted TO heating water in thu
system of the cow without serious
loss. ~ ~@