The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-31
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Most barn doors nrc large and swing
on hinges. 1t is difficult to open them
when the wind is brisk; they arc apt to
fly entirely open, and the cold air rush
ing in makes tho atmosphere inside frigid
as that on the outside. : This chills the
animals, and, of course they rcuitirc. the
more fodder to generate internal heat.
AS we'll might one. keep the door closed
and throw out for!lful of hay to the
wind. All outside lower barndoors
should be hung on rollers, and there
should be small doors in convenient
places, and then when person is to pass
through the door can be pushed Just far
enough to allow him to pass. This ex-
cluGcs a great amount of cold and saves
feed. There arc also more leaks in the
sides of barns than in the roofs. Pieces
Of siding off loose Sboafd gazing. cracks.
and knothol esrsQneti times consume more
feed than tn h{mal Shpering beasts
yeQpir IN ~ lEic1
md 8 hoSy eyef sFelf fcyl, II they do not
shrink III t6bs 5idon gain, ana
COWS slwsy shri - milk In cold
The proportion OF Increase in fodder
that an animal win Consume in a cold
stable 60 Keep its Warmth up is not
known, but can be approXimated by
simple process. Let the farmer select a
cold, windy day and weigh the fuel nc
consumes in one of his stoves On an
equally boisterous day open rs many
superficial inches of apcrturcs from his
room to the weather as there arc inches
of cracks and openings il his stable;
then at night weigh the fuel used that
dag, and strike balance. and if it does
not set him thinking Of his cattle CON
suming more food to keep them warm
than otherwise need be done and incitc
him to stop up the cracks in the stable
and barn, then l shall have miscalcu.
lated.' Aside from money profit from
maintaining warm and comfort lblc sta
bles, it is gratifying to humane people to
reflect that they have done their duty to
the dumb beasts under their supervision
--Ntw York Irib,,ne.
CLOVER FOX SWINE AND POULTRY.
Glover hay is very valuable stock
food, when properly fed, but it is obicc-
tlonablc for sCmc kinds of stock AS
food for horses, unless cut and rloistencd,
1t is not at all desirable. But it is excel
lent for cows, when fed i'm connection
with other coarse food. Unless propcrly
harvested and securely housed, clover
hay is likely to become musty and unfit
to be used. Many farmers seem to think
that l well-cured clover-hay is valuable |
0niy fcr horaes.- cattle. and sheep, vet it |
san be used tosgood advantas,v ae-~-<---Il
ior both swine and poultry: somsef che |
use large quantities .nahn s{sSir \
-'A-s's.'s< 50 $efy desirable, as il
ls not merely nutritive, but goes far
coward keeping the animals in a healthful
condition during the winter months, when |
green food cannot be obtained or
supplied. The very coarsest is not
Used, but only the tops or finer
ends OF the hay, which is run THROUGH
cutter, making tho pieces about an
nch or half an inch long. In fccdinD,
'nough of this to make "mess" is takcn
'orn- meal, bran, or corn and oats ground
ogether, is put in to enrich it, when tho ,
'hole mass is well-soaked down with
,ater,. adding little salt, end ten fed. !
ne pigs eat it with relish, and thrive {
n 1t. We never knew lot of swine I
'eated to daily feed of clover hay in