Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01

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CREATURE COMFORT.

CREATURE COMFORT.
The Right Temperature OF stables.
Pens, ETC.. For Farm Animals.
The horse stable, il the air is fairly
dry, should be kept at temperature
OF about 40 degrees, certainly not
above. II stabless are much warmer,
the horses are more likely to take cold
when on the road than when kept in.
quarters fairly cool. All horses should
have light stable blankets to keep the.
dust of.
Stables designed for milk cows may
be kept somewhat warmer, but the
temperature should never rise much
above so degrees, and this presupposes
that the animals are not turned out in.
the open during the greater part Of the
day in cold weather. Cows in full milk
are sensitive to change, and therefore
the stable should not be kept too
warm, nor should the cows be turned
into an atmosphere that is very much
lower than the stable temperature.
Some careful experiments conducted
ut Cornell university some years since
seem to indicate that when the temper
ature in the stables rose above SO de-
grees the animals appetites We're more
precarious than when the temperature
was so degrees or below, and also the
indications were that the higher tenn
peratures, by reason Of affecting the
appetite, resulted in a decrease Of milk.
Pigpens may be kept as warm as, II
not warmer than, the COW stable, and
pains should be taken to keep the pens
and air as dry as possible. True, pigs
when penned several together and lib
orally fed will not suffer much from
low temperature, but as the only object
in keeping pigs is to put on fat and
flesh and produce growth, and as they
sare usually not troubled with poor APP
petites, it is economy to keep the pens
both warm and dry, so that all of the
food possible may be transformed into
increase in weight instead of serving to
ward off cold.
The sheep stable should be kept
much cooler than any Of the above, I'M
less the raising of dollhouse lambs is
entered into, in which case the sheep
are shorn in October. The temperature
may often fall below the freezing point
and even below zero without any seri-
GUS detriment to the sheep or without
any very large increase in the amount
of food consumed. We have found that
oh hof iS nc slc
those occupied by the pigs are not
well suited for sheep.
The henhouse should be kept at about
the same temperature as the COW sta
bles and should never fall so low as to
endanger the combs Of the chickens
or seriously to interfere with the pro.
duction of eggs. Perhaps the ideal
temperature is from 40 degrees to SO
degrees, although it is difficult to get
this temperature at all times without
artificial heat. So far as my expert
ence goes, am led to believe that II
is not wise to steam heat houses in
which laying hens are kept. A mod
erately warm chicken house is better
than an overheated one. This presup
poses that the chickens when they are
laying in the winter are kept on dry
floors covered with dry litter. Laying
hens should never have cold feet.
The turkey house may be cooler thar
the chicken house, as it is not desirable
in most cases to have turkeys lay grea1
numbers OF eggs during cold weather
Then, too, they are more active thar
chickens and therefore enjoy mod
erately low temperature.
The foregoing is advice from Pro
.fessor L. p. Roberts. given in Country
Gentleman.