Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-01-28

NhC Adi uCt bhOdAd NAb@A S'OA aeNAt2 ~
expenditure and husband every re-
source. There is an old saying that
the little foxes spoil the vines" This
means that little things If unnoticed
cause great losses and often result in
financial ruin. There are on the farm
many leaks through which go out the
| hard earnings of the farmer. More
than any other, the loss from lost heat
should be guarded against. Heat costs
money. Every unit of heat costs some
thing, according to the food from
which it is made. We may say then
that heat is money. To save the loss
OF this heat is to save money, for IL
will save food. Some farmers feed the
winds as well as their stock. Every
loose board on a barn is a means by
which the farmer feeds the wind. That
is, the cold filches away the heat from
the bodies of his animals. More farm
ers feed the waters There are farmers
that are very careful to keep from
feeding the winds, and keep their barns
tight. But they do not hesitate twice
a day to give their cattle icecold water.
1t is not an uncommon sight to see
COW drink three pailfuls OF water at
single time When such water Is at a
temperature OF about 80 degrees it
means that the water so consumed
must be raised to a temperature OF over
80 degrees. In fact, we are told by
doctors that the digestive process stops
till the water has been raised to blood
heat Think of the heat necessary to
raise water in a cows stomach to 6O
degrees Remember that that heat has
been made by feeding the cow food that
costs great deal of money.
1t is certainly much cheaper to raise
the temperature by means Of the loose
wood lying around the farm that costs
nothing but the effort to gather it. TO
build a fire for the heating of water on
cold day is a pleasing operation. II
the heat from the fire reaches the cows
and other stock it will prove pleas
ing operation to them as well as to the
farmer. The only cost is therefore the
first cost for a boiler. But these may
be purchased at almost any price. The
well-to-do farmer that can afford TO
purchase to suit his convenience and
fancy can pay high price If he wants
to. If not, he can do as the humber
farmer will most likely do-purchase
a good boiler at a moderate price. The
saving in cost of feed will prove a big
interest on the investment. Remem-
Der this, that whereas a farmer may
lose feed on account of cold winds, yet
there are many warm. sunny days in
winter, when he will lose little in this
way. But the man that loses feed on
account of icy water must expect that
loss every day in the winter season,
ior the water supply does not change
It's temperature as often as the air, nor
Ices it respond quickly to the change
n temperature. 1t is hidden away in
he ground, locked up with the frost,
)r waiting in ice caves. When the
warm days in winter come the ice and
now melt and make still colder these
waters. All of these are to be drank
~ the stock. If we were to figure on
he matter, we would say that a full
lied COW would lose several cents per
lay if allowed to drink ice cold water
When we consider that many farmers
AVE all the way from twenty to hun
red COWS we can see what a great loss
lie must face during an entire winter
eason. Dairymen especially should
ee that their COWS have, for drinking
purposes, only water that has been
aised to a suitable temperature.
Teeth OF Sheep.-There is a peculiar
ty in the mechanism of sleeps jaw
nd grinders that helps one to under
tand the reason why sheep are able to
ct so much nutriment from their food.
q noticing a sheep chewing its cud it
annot be observed that the jaw has a
ocular motion from side to side. The
ranches of the lower jaw are closer
,gether than the molars are in the
pper. Then in the molars their edges
ave different slopes. In the upper row
lie face Of the molar slopes very de-
dedly from the higher inner edge to
lie lower outer, while in molars of the
wer jaw the faces slope from the out
edge to the higher inner. These
lings, together with the rough sur
ce of the molars, give a sheep the
)wer to thoroughly grind it's food.
Stock Growing.--Usually it is no good
r farmers to change from one kind
stock growing to another. Generally
is the man who keeps right on grow
g the same kind of stock who makes
e most money in the end. To every
lie there are exceptions, and where
Y cholera or other diseases manifest
emselves, they furnish the excep-
ms. The question then becomes one