The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-16
A DRY BARN.YARD.


One Of the Mcst COMMON Wastes Of tho
Yarn. aud now II May lie Prevented.
A barn-yard Is generally a mass Of
9Th; sickening Of smell. disgusting TO
sight. and a source Of u~neleanliness
everywhere, even TO house floors and
carpets and a portion of It gets into
the milk. which has a "eowy" odor.
mistakenly supposed 10 be natural to il.
stll a barn-yard need not be filthy. It
should be on elevated ground, q com
mon tile drain laid through the center
~ j. eighteen inches below the surface
vii keep IL dry, and a dry yard is al
ways clean and free from mud. This
drain should discharge into a manure
pit where the drainage can be absorbed.
There should BE- no wash from a barn
yard. running % in a stream aud vast
ing IT. strength upon n mere thread Of
ground which Is too rich 81 be OF use
and usually becomes a rank. pestiferous
bed II weeds, neither should the liquid
waste II the yard be lost II should all
be taken mp by absorhents. II no more
than earth. which can be removed and
spread over the fields rs other manure
is. II this is done there will be no dan.
ger OF the pollution Of wells or clstcrns
by percolatian from the soil.
The water from TIE roofs should be
all gathered by leaders into a cistern or
two of them; one hundred squarc feet
Of roof will collect twenty-four hundred
gallons Of water In the year; this is am.
pie for one head Of stock. giving about
seven gallons daily. This roof space Is
estimated on the level, equal TO the area
Of the building. Thus n harm fifty by
forty will supply twenty head Of stock
with water, II this water j. kept from
the yards the litter win never be more
than moist enough 10 decay in a reason
able time from the usual rainfall or the
melting Of SHOWS Wherever persons
pass 30 and from the buildings raised
walks should b. made, and TO preserve
good order about the house and dairy,
plank walks or walks of gravel, or
paved with stone. raised above the gen.
cral level. should be provided. These
will always be dry. To say that this is
too costly is a great mistake; Il Is too
costly to be without them. for muddy
paths ara not only unclean but serious
" injurious to health. and cause excess
slye labor. indoors to keep things clean
there.
The gathering OF absorbents. either
from the farm itself or from some con-
tiguous source. should be made q reg
ular part of the harvest work. Just as
tho farmer gathers the crops so he
should supply the barns and yards with
litter. II there Is not sufficient straw.
let a supply be purchased from neigh
bors who are not wide awake enough to
cherish H. II Is the cheapest way TO
get manurc. and will cost less than 30
buy artificial fertilizers. II straw.
leaves. swamp muck or other such
matters can not he procured. hard
wood sawdust. tannery refuse and other
wastes Of various kinds will make good
substitutes. and II nothing else can be
rot common earth will serve 10 take up
the liquid waste Of the stock. which 4
the most valuable. Now when a fairs
and barn-yari are 80 managed. Is rar-
ity attracts attention aud the passer@by
thinks 10 himself, II know just what
Kind Of a man that L." Every product
which l. sent out from such a farm car.
ries IL " certificate with in. Y
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