Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-10-02

When stock has been fitted for rough
ng it. which. of course. means feeding
up To meet cold weather. the owner Is
in position to choose between carry
ing-Over to spring OF longer, or send
ing forward to market at any time;
tsat IS. il be has fed up to such state
Of fatness as will. more surely than
any other. enable the animal to resist a
low degree of temperature without dis
comfort Ii Z thick wall of sawdust.
around body of ice preserves il from
melting in hot weather longer than a
thin wall. then. on the same principle,
thick wall of adipose under the hide
nf 4 farm beast protects the animal
from readily suffering By exposure 10
cold. The sawdust in the Que case 5
the non-conductor which prevents en
interchange of temperature between the
ice within the wal and the hot air with
out, while, reversing tho order, the
layer of fat under the hide Of the an
imal prevclts the transfer of cold to the
inner tissues, beng y nOn-conductOr.
equally efficient with the wall of saw
dust in the other case. The wall of fat
once placed beneath the hide is. If fair
protection be given. somewhat easily
held there; while il IS hardly possible
TO put on this layer during winter cold
without extra protection from the low
temperature.
Hence the wisdom of seeing TO Il
early in the season. while flesh IS easily
acquired. that the ga n is put on which
IS sure to be required when the mer-
cury falls low down in the tube.
ROughing il is nothing else than insti-
tuting 4 warfare between the tissues of
which the animal is made up and the
elements without A moments refec-
ton will convince any one of the utter
wasiefulness OF dealing out food three
times day in suC5 free quantities rs
are required il feed Is depended on to
keep up the animal warmth. reasonably
comfortable shelter being denied when
the weather is decidedly cold. DIR.
Playfair Hkened the body of beast to
furnace in which fuel Is consumed 10
produce heat As the principle is quite
ike the feeding of farm animals. in 50
far as the food Is given 20 maintain the
animal heat The continued Tendency
towards equalization IN temperature OF
bodies and substances in contact. acts
upon live animals exposed to contact
with the outer air. and hence. when
the temperature goes down there l. a
struggle within the body in its effort to
preserve lis normal temperature. This
effort may be aptly likened to that maic
to warm a room with heater. but lit
tie fuel being required when the out
side temperature 5 well up. for the nor
nal temperature or the animal body Is
easily maintained under Ike circum-
stances without special provision OF
food tor this purpose.
Fitting stock for rOughing it is va-v
Improbable as 4 preliminary process,
because the term implies exercise.
Without the outdoor exercise in in
element Is well as in all other kinds of
weather. tho r,sm rOughing it would
hardly apply Exercise. in proportion
TO is extent, calls for increased action
Of the lungs and heart. and this lung
action wastes the living tissue. rapidly.
It follows thai quicteess and seciusior
arc the means 20 tc used for saving the !
tissues. Therefore TO feed mp for ex-
poSure during winter involves a great I
waste during the preliminary as il does I
during the final experiences. But in /.
this day we hope no one VIII persist in /
the beterodoN notion that It IS, in anr
sense. wise to build up during summer /
valuable material that is TO be ruthless I
" squandered during the cold months. !
With flesh producers. the making of /
edible flesh is q slow and expensive 4
process. and flesh once put on should 4
in no case he parted with. If domestic
could be fattened rs rapidly as
the carnivOra are when theT are full
fed then the task would indeed be easy.
But the carnivOr:s eat fesh and tissue
having the constituents of their own
bodies ready prepared, while domestic
are built up by n slow process
from materials which. while made up
Of constituents measurably like the
body. are still. IN the main quite unlike
IT, But il is doubtless a W sc provision
iha. the flesh counted gool for use as
hrman food is put on by slow pro-
eeSs. Otherwise IL would be Gabby and
Dily; would shrink in the pot and van
sh bafore cold last--SafiO4al Lirc
Stock Journal.