The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-03
Fitt:ny Stock for Winter.

fAs+A- Siota LOT WHITE
When stock has been f,tcI for rough
Ing II, which, Of course. means feed NJ
up Ia meet cold weather. the owner IS
IN a position 10 choose between carry
ing over to. spring Dr. longer. or send
ing forward 10 market ~ any time:
tina Is. II he has FED up to such a state
oi fa;ncss a. VIII. more surely than
ans Other, enable the animal 20 resist i
low degree of temperature without dis
comfort. II = thick wall If sawiust
around 4 boly Of ice preserves i from
melting ia hot weather LONGER than n
thin wall, then, on the saIne principle,
a thick wall OF adiposc under the hid.
u 2 farm beast protects the animal
from readily suffering by exposure To
COD. Inc sawdg-t N the one ease is
The no~n-conductOr which prevents an
interchange % Temperature between the
ice thin the wall AMI the hot air with
out, while, reversing the order. the
layer 0i Fat under the hide # the an
Imal prevent, the transfer OF cold 20 the
inner tissues. be ny Il non-cOnductor,
equally efficient with the wall Of saw
dust IL the o.hc- case. The wall 81 fat
once placed beneath the hide i. If fair
protection b. given. somewhat easily
held there; while it Is hardly possible
10 put on This layer during winter cold
without extra protection from the low
temperature.
Hence the wisdom OF seeing 10 II
early IN the season. while flesh = easily
acquired, that The "a u Is pu- on which
is sure u be required when tie mer-
curry falls low dDwt n the tube.
Rough!ng il is nothing else than insti-
tutIn@ 4 warfare between the { ssUcs OF
which the animal is made up and the
Clements without. 4 moment rc.lec-
ton viii convince any one Of the utter
wastefuluess ol dealing out food three
times a dav in such free quantities as
are required if feed is depended on 20
keep up the animal warmth. reasonably
comfortable shelter being denied when
the weather IS decidedly cold. DIR.
Hlaylair likcncd :ae body OF a beast tn
. furnace in which fgcl i consumed to
produce heat, 4 . the principle i quite
like the fccding Of farm animals. in so
far IL the food i gwen To- maintain the
animal heat. The continued tendency
towards equalization n temperature of
bodies and sul stances in .,njac:, acts
upon live animals exposed 10 contact
with the outer air, and hence, when
the temperature goes down there i 4
strI-gi" within the body in is effort to
preserve lis normal temperature. This
effort may be- aptly likencd to that made
II warm Il room with Il heater. but lit
tie fuel being required when the out
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nal temperature or the animal body is
easily maintained under ike c.rcum-
stances without Il special provision IF
food tor this purpose.
Fitting stock for rou%h;ng il i very
Improbable a. preliminary process,
bccauS" the term implies exercise.
Without the outdoor exercise in in
clement - well rs il Ill other kinds Of
weather, the term roughing II would
hardly apply. Exercise, in proportion
to lis extent, calls for increased action
o. the Lungs AMI heart. and this lung
acton wastes TIE living tissues rapidly.
l. follows tina. quietnc>S and sccIuSion
are the means 10 lie used for saving the
tissues. Therefore Il feed up for go
posture during winter involves q great
waste during the preliminary rs il does
during the final experiences. But in
this day we hope no II viii persist in
the hctcrod0N notion that il is, in any
sense. wise to build up during summer
valuable matcria. that i To bc ruthless
" : Iuandcrel during the cold months.
With flesh producers, the making of
eiible flesh is = SLOW and expensive
process. and flesh once put on should
il e ease he parted with. If domestic
animals could he fattenel * rapidly rs
The carnivora are when they are full
fed then the task would indeed he easy.
But the carnivora eat flesh and tissue
having the constituents of their W
bodies ready prepared, while domestic
animals are built Tp 10y Il slow process
from materials which. while made up
OF constituents mraSurably Tx. the
body, are still, in the main. quite unlike
il. i}ut i i doubtless 4 wise provision
thai the flesh counted 9. oil for use rs
human food * put on by q slow pro-
cess, Otherwise il would be fabbv and
oily: would shrink in the pot and van
iSh before cold bia>t.-NltionuL Lire
Stock Journal.