Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-08
1AI DAIRY sIAalI.


Dsirying AZ this season ~ the year !.
a discouragvment Ia thos. Who have
I-oor sishl-..
4 cows win,er hsbliation has a. much
o. ,lo With her health, strength sud
profit, ~. ,lrs comfortable dwelling
h"us- prutrct tile h-slth of man. \ COW
that .hi,sf. In her table IN cold weather
!. no, ofpront Ia the .lighi-s, degree to
her nab.r. IL the pooT creature hu.-
lauh. vitality enough a. pull thr"ugh
till spring. the owner NAV thank l,i.
stsr. wiiput expecting anV winter
Ir,fii frum her. We hsd rather hss-,
iIuN-,rr, q ,lry. ,oli stable tl,an dsuip,
iigh one. Miuv dalfym-u, Ia their real
io M ,lc tl,c stable warm, get u too cl"se.
ant Nth the driln. cloggci the air !.
rrnd-p,l humid ani foul. TIL. NIL
speedily mik. voWs unhealthy. and un-
healthy COWS Away. yield unhealthy
milk. We have scru great mant such
.tahlss, snd tile cows inhsh'ting them
alwsy. showed poor health. We rscol-
I-,t onc stable Ni.lt.,i Ia mid~inisr
ahst~ som. twsutv.usr losds OF green
manure W.r- banked M la the ccniT-,
an I each dav's accumulation Nts sho'-
cl-,l on To- ". ~. h,.cm~nt Na. close
sni warm. hat tl,. air bfcaihsi w the
cattle fairlv r,ykci With poison. VI an-
other stable the ventilation vas hitter,
Rat the pisnk icot rested on = mlrc ~
ll1uiI nanurr, the dr.inings 20 the
stable for years, anh this ooIci up bc-
tween the cracks in .iiuking Iuool. az the
cattle sslk'Si over ". Ia" owner 81
TIL. latter place thought u very strange |
that hi, Coss ahnrtsl 80 Frequently, bat
.fisT . leak II that stable 49, dti not
think " singular ~ all.
.,inttian in coss '. due to mtny aud |
di,sr.. causes. hut healthiul surfouni. |
lng. and hcalihful fooi .hoald t.', In /
ouf oplni ~. the ilrst preventive looked |
To-. II is,-ry easy ior dr'in' about the |
stable To bccome cloggci When cold |
~-.ib-r ssts In. i'nlc.. perfect eve |
ten of dfaiusgr has bc-b secured, the |
oai.ldc opcning. will ir-cyr up ani the |
moisture will .si back under 'h" stable |
noor.
n I. all.lmIorisni that you have the
stable Va .anttiyr cnniltion NJ once. |
iii. mean. . warm, dry, properly venil' |
lated aud sell-lighici ronm. Thew !.
bat little danger % getting = stable ~
til. character too warm Without stiln- /
cial heat. Dry warmth IL What l. nc'si-
,,i, uOt ,lauip, unNholcsome heat. iot
r,aaumv of foom wU have .~-u = drove /
20 hogs kept p-nn~i az In que part 81 |
~. cos stable. hi. seeming ccoDomy /
!. no, an rconomy ~ al, for the pf.s.ncr
~ swim. 4. positively unhealthy fur the
cattle. III. custom 10 storing green
manure In the stable q. miti-r of con-
l. al. j
.ishts.l l,l.,. of bu.la-... The manure |
LEA CONSTANT .lrnch Ia tb" no.iril. ~
ia. cows, sni !. the lnccpiof of tainted
milk sni ili.hc,lth "a con.uuicr.. ,an
you sfoui ~ Jet the convenience 81 an |
hour o,.tbilanc- such wrlghiy matter.
q. tlc.sf The stable IL IA c,ccll-nt
place IN which a. store roots, applcs and
pumpkin for the u.c of thu stock. ot /
cuufse nO cos stable should ever frerte,
II m. auini,l. ar- expected a. bc kept |
comfortable anl % b. profitable Ia the
owner. such a stable slll Keep roots
snd vegetable. perfectly, aud u. Nslu'-
bic sub.iitui. for cellar Toom.-ihe
American Daipman.
IMPORTANCE oF SAIL foR cArrtt.
The cattle ~ the sogthwc.i often have
very little attention. The condition of
the cattle Industry render. thl. ine,lta.
bic, fot th. herd. of VAriOu. pnchmcn
mix together. aud often march mile.
asay ftom their proper range. ,onsc-
queutly. NO Que feel. directly r-sponsl-
hle for the welfare ~ the animals, aud
the owner. 80 not knos their condition
c,vrpt At the rouudlng-up season.
tine ~ the effect. ~ thl. ~ .tsm !. that
cattle often suffer for .slt. aud unle..
person Ia. .o-n bos th. animals cra,s
ALT he eau ha,. little idea how greatly
they really nerd ". have had on. or
tao rather di.sgr-.ablc experience. With
cattle In nerd uf salt. once On return
lng "a the wagon from short absence ]
found several cattle tearing the wagon
cover aud ealing a bag ~ Hour, my only
Que, aud I at q distance ~ thirty mile.
ifOm a .iorr. Enough "a. .crsp"d up
fur fcs me il., but u taught les,on,
aud after that everything which q steer
sOuld eat Nas PLACED Oui ~ the way.
A. another timr, having pitched camp, /
t,oth NV driver aud vent oui Tor game,
aud on returning. la q short tiue, sc
found . group of cattle about the wagon,
one ci,esing, rein aud another trying Ia
destroy collar, evidently Tor th. salt
coming from the pcr.piratlon, Ia the Que
case ffom the h,nd. Ia the other from
the horse. No, hong after, ham which
". had hung ou a bush near the tent
wss entirely destroyed by cattle hungry /
for salt. After that nothlng except
hardware ~. left Outsli. of IA. tent.
That cattle need .alt every farmer
knows. Hut it !. not always remembered
how greatly they need u. before th.
country va. settled Wild anlm,l. IA 1ds
long pilgrimage. Ia s,lt lick., n0tslih-
.ianil-g the danger. Predatory animal.
lgrk-d about these places, sni that
many a creature died while there !. tee
ilhel to by the abundance ~ bones
which are found near these .,lt deposits.
Each QUE iss yerltabl- animal graveyard. |
anil IL. relic. tell 10 the former existence
on M. continent 10 many animals which /
have vanished from the face Of ,h. earth.
The call for salt which the system makes
canno, bc better testified a. than by this
fact that the most tlmii animals went
regularly to -alt deposits where II was
certain that dangerou. enemle. laid Ia
walt for them.-Ameri'a an Agricultural. |
uSpsRoRAlNlNo.
Prof. y. T.. Emery of the North Caro-
lima experiment station expresses the |
opinion that few farmer. appreciate the
x,.ln, of tboroti yhly unter,iraiulng Net /