Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-01-31

'thsu MT To 9ls0T fresh ar go STOCK snuS
nm in d stable. When cold weather
comes ON ID Is customary WIEN sstas
-esrruers 10 barrieade their stables an
closely az possible agsinst the outer ar
Ia order TO c warmth, and having
done so they think they have made their
stock safe and comfortable This Ha
uar;aus error. Catrie and horses reauire
FRESH ar AS RuckI as htD.s-ss 5SsiiKs dVi
and IL deprived of 1t the same evil re-
suits are al likely to happen @ia Siif
case of men and women shnt Up In z
confined atmosphere which has eeen
breathed over and over again nnfii ~
becomes changed into a fetlG poison
Under a long confinement 70 such ar
the constitution Of the animals becomes
debilitated aud tendencies 10 disease
engandered which might have ~refnaintsd
latent, or, uns1er circumstances. haye
neen ontlived by the animals. Even
strong. healthy cattle Ices
tglitv in close, unventilated stables
1t is the part of economy, therefore,
10 provide suitable ventilation Tor aii
stables; ard in doing so Il should be re-
membered shat, ~withnut1f, IL 10 not only,
tine coufiued arr that the animals are
compelled 60 breathe, bur the exhaia-
tons from the excreG5ents also. NoF
shonld IL be forgotten that. while an
atHa.ts-cs OF fresh air is essepslal Il
health, warmth is equally 30. The prom
lem, then, is TO secure tsoropsh TENT
iation without unduly losSrfug the tefn-
~pcrature. Especially should draughts'
about the feeF-as through cracks IN
the floor communicating with the outer
air be carefully gEaEtsGd against kt rs
true all this InvoIyes some expense but
ii is an expense that is soon amply re-
paid IN the greater health, the better
assimilation Of tae food, and consequent
", the betfer cnndItlaa OF the animals.
Not only 80. but work animals are strong
err and better enabled 10 do Is dayS
work On the same expenditure Of lo0d,
while he liability q disease is greatly
reduced. The staole is no grand affair.
vet TIE arrangements soT securing wArtE
and fresh air should he rs complete.
az those OF u human h~abitation, at IeaEt
a goo ! deal more complete than most
people are apt 20 think Eecessary-
How TO DIsappoinr a Baiky Horse
Al Leominister farmer recently broke
bis horse osa -baIkyH freak in q very
qnief and AS he claims, not a cruel mad
ner. His horse is in exec lent flesh,
and shows no signs Of neglect On the
part Of his matter. He drove him q
taChed to rack wagon, TO the woF IT.
lct for i small lead of wood. Tne animal
would not pull a pound. he did rot beat
him with a club, ban tied hEm to a tres
and 'tIet him stand He vent 10 tire iOf
at sa set and ass ed him to draw. bur be
would not straighten a tug. II mssfe
up my mind said the farmer, when
that horse went 70 tile barn he would
take thar load Of wood. The night was
not cold. 4 went "a the barn, got blau-
kets and covered the horse warm.
and he stood till morning. Tnen he re-
fused TO draw. at noon { went down
and be WAS profanity hungry ard laue-
some. He drew that load Of wool the
first time I aske.Lsim. 4 then returned,
gad git anDEher load before I fed
him. I then rewarded hira with a good
dinneE. which he eGgeriv dev0ursd.
7 hare drawn several I0ads since. Onca
be refused "a draw, bns as SOON rs he
saw me start for the house be started
after nae with the load. A horse be-
com - lonesome and disconnected when
left alone. as much SO as a person; and /
clsinl this metEad. 1t rightly us.d, 10 far
less cruel and liz better tor b0th mza
aud horGe tha n 10 beat the animal with
q cauh,S-lFitbburU Sentinel.