Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-04
COWS AND TIE BARN CELLAR.

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the last Issue of the Farmer, az I do of
every Issue, and have not discovered that
any one has hit me another dig Tor my
herc.y on the barn cellar. rhlnking,
however, that II must bc there some
where, though have overlooked u,
sm moved to add q few additional
thoughts upon the same subject, for u
the barn cellar l. really q thing of value
some one ought to be able to tell us In
just what that yalu, consists; aud u
they are not really thing of value W.
ought not Ia be al the expense of build
Ing them.
The argument for the barn cellar l.
that II u a good place In which to store
manure. Ask a hundred men Who have
built barn cellars what they built them
Tor, aud they will give you this one
answer. The latest instruction a. tn
handling mspure u To put u on to and
into the land where IL belongs ne soon as
II can possibly be- done, and this at any
and all seasons of the year. II this be
good Instruction, aud u doubtless u,
then manure should not be stored any
where for any length ot time, and place
for that purpose necd not b. provided. aud
the argument for the harm cellar fails.
l. there any othcrs VIII not some of
the good brethren arise sud state,
ssriafia., last what the excellences sref
II Was st one time held thst the cellar
Was good place In which To store
farming tools and fsrm machinery,
but this Il played out aud Is now given
up. To be sur Bro. Kicker states
another and not uncommon use of the
cellar. viz. ss place In which Ia keep
pigs. While he sees In this use II the
cellar an additional excellence, I see, or
At least think see, an additional defect.
Thcrr IL now probably no industry
upon the farm which pays; certainly
none which pays a. well, S that
20 dairylng. and the value Of this
industry consists In making II perfect.
In order to do this, the latest Idea In
harm building Z. to so construct them
that no hay shall be kep, In the barn In
which the cows are kept. without ex-
pressing my opinion a. 10 TIL. Idea, II
Il sufficient io say that u Il advocated
by many % the best agricultural minds.
Now. u the "quiCk etiluyium" of the
harm will so lmprrgna,e the hay AZ To-
cause IL. effect to he plainly discovered
In the product of the dairy, What shall
b. aid 10 the keeping of COWS In barn
With = lot ot green manure constantly
Increasing under u upon on. side, aud
hog pen upon the other. aud generally
ccsspool ~ mud and filth In close proS-
lmityt Il II possible that milk from
COWS 50 kept can produce a butter which
will command the highest price In the
markets No, IL l. not pos.lble. Cows
~ kep, arr never In good health, aud
cannot b. kept In good ilc.h, even, With.
out cxtN feeding, which otherwise
would not hc repaired.
let me state one other objection 10 the
barn cellar, aud then leave 4 great many
others not stated. Not = winter passes
bat We hear more or less, generally
morr, % the breaking down of barn
floors, carrying cattle and horses, Ia
their injury or destruction, Into the
cellar; or what l. more apt 10 BE- the
case. hung up by the neck until they are
dead. n the barn stood upon the ground
these accident. would not, TO any grca,
extent, occur.
At the dairy meeting last winter, At
Foxcroft, Governor Hoard, under his
heading, "Iet-cr stabllng for cows,
condemned In strongest possible terms,
the barn cellar. aud said that II u impos-
siblc Ia conduct any dairy operation a.
u ought Ia be- conducted Ia barn with
a cellar under Il. In regard 10 thi.
strong protest ~ the Governor, feel
very much a. the good old deacon did
In the meeting, when BE- aid, 'he didn't
know whether -. Paul was right or not,
bat he Was happy O. state that In thi.
particular case be- sgrcci with him."
have laid cut q great deal of money Ia
my dsy la farm buildings, and am still
doing IL. N Ia the future ! sm Ia do
much Ia that line. there are certainly
two things. hitherto deemed quite indis-
pensahlc, which I shall omit, viz, the
cellar from the barn, and the gutter.
from the house. Maine Farmer.