Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02

/ that in some of them the normal temper
allure varies slightly from SO degrees
2-That, as rule, all this heat Is pro
duced inside of the bodies Of the human
and every other animal, from the fuel Ia
ken In as food and slowly oxidized (burn-
ed) in the body; that excepting when the
atmosphere is 9S . or higher, some of the
heat is always escaping from the skin, and
by the breath.
3-That if there is not fresh food
enough in the body to produce the re-
quired heat to maintain the blood at SO 70
then nature has provided that the fat and
tissue stored up from food previously con-
sumed shall be drawn upon, and used in
producing this heat.
4-That heat has q constant tendency
to equalize itself in all substances in con.
tact, and that the colder the air next to
the skin, the. more rapidly does the heat
OF the body pass off into it; and that Gas
noted elsewhere) moving air, or wind cur.
rents, exhaust heat much faster than still
air.
5.-That all the heat leaving the bodies
OF men or other animals must be constant
ly resupplied by new heat, and that this
requires more food to be consumed, OF
the using up of more fat and tissue that
have accumulated.
6-That any protection to men or other
animals which prevents escape of heat
from their bodies, saves a proportionate
amount OF food, or of fat OR flesh that
would be used up in supplying the heat
always required.
THAT warming the air around the
bodies, or surrounding them with blank
cts, or walls, or sheds, or wind-breaks
TO keep cold air away, and especially cold
moving air, helps prevent the escape of
heat and saves food, or the using of fat or
! flesh.
8.-That the warmer this protection for
men, for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, OF
poultry, the less will be the escape of
heat, the less will be the food required
| the less will be the waste of fat or flesh
previously stored
| 9.-That nature has SO arranged the in
ternal machinery of men and all other an
imals, that of the food eaten, enough shall
first be used to keep up 80 degrees OF
heat; that second, if there is any left alter
supplying this heat, enough shall be used
to restore the natural wastes of the system.
and third, that if after these are both pro-
vided for, there is more food, that the hui
man or other animal will store it by in
crease of fat and flesh.
10.-That in very cold weather, it takes
SO much food to keep animals simply
warm, that they can not lay on much fat
Or flesh; and so it is far less profitable to
feed animals for fattening in winter than
in autumn.
FINALLY, AND IMPORTANT: Is it not
plain and clear that the warmer the ami
mails of all kinds are kept, the more that
cold, still air, and especially that cold,
moving air, is kept away from their
bodies, the less food they will require, and
the more of it can they use in laying on
flesh, producing milk, growing wool, and
manufacturing eggs and so on?
LASTLY, FIRSTLY AND ALwAYs.-In the
light of the above facts and explanations,
is there any doubt that protecting animals
all ways possible, even if it be only by a
straw shed and wind5reak, will pay! and
that the greater the protection, the better
it viii pay?
"a merciful man Is merciful to his beast.'
PAPER TO PROTECT ANIMAIs.-Most
barns, horse and cattle stalls, sheep and
hog pens have cracks between the boards
that let cold air drafts pass through them.
Newspapers tackled up against them on
the inside, the more thicknesses the bet
ter, will render them far warmer. An
hour spent in thus putting up such pro-
lection will not only add to the comfort
of the animals, and save them from colds,
but it will save large amount of food
that would otherwise be required to sup
ply the heat carried off by the cold air
coming in through the cracks and chinks
in the covering.