Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

sunshine, by comparing the apple
grown on the tree that has been intel.
ligently pruued. ilwith the zone on the
unpruned tree. On the lformer the
ftuit is large.sand Of good color, tex
ture. and favor, and has good krepine
qualities. The latter being Swallowed
and deprived OF air to certain extent
by the dense foliage, ia dwarfed aud
sallow, watery in composition and &c
early rotter. do not mean to assume
that there are no s,o,hsrs. advantsges
than additional air and sunshine to be
gained by pruning, but dc claim that
these are Of great impsrtaaes. Turn
q trough upside dswn on the men law
and bore q number Of holes through
1t go that sems air and just listis
light is admitted aad ysu will And that
thegra thus Imprisoned will still
grow, but note'its character. 10 few
days 1t becomes pale, soft and emacia.
ted and as 1t grows longer, it is
noticed that every blade is attracted
toward the outside holes which soon
become filled, aud las the FREQ ends
protsude from the openings they at
once begin 70 take On more Of the
green, hsaltby appearance Of the sur
rounding grass The principal cause
which contributes to this phenomenon
Is that darkness hiadsrs the dsyel-
opment OF she organic eoloring mat.
ter or ehlorophyll. which has the funo.
tion Of cenveying oxygen to the plart
tissues, and through the lack Of this
importen, element tho g
plant is weakened, and II these con-
ditions are continued long enough its
Tile is completely destroyed. The
organic coloring matter Ia the blood OF
man and of the lower animals il called
haemoglobin, and It's duty, like that Of
the chlorophyll Of plants, is to carry
oxygen to the tissues Of the body. I,s
developemcnt is also arrested BY dark
ness and in case Of It's dsfcieny the
body tissues are not properly serated
and consequent weakening Of the
animal constitution is the result.
Darkness and imperfect ventilation
are conditions that are usually closely
associated, and where both are aseo
ciated, and whero both are imposed
on the inmates >of q we'll filed stable
the inevitable outcome is that this oxy,
gen carrier, the haemoglobin, becomes
subpormal In quantity, while the al
in the building becomes deoxygenIzed
and laden with poisonous gases from
being breathed and rebrea,hed by the
animals, thus robbing the tissues to q
still greater degree OF that essential
property which lends strength and
vigor to the animal system. Many
examples of the Injurious influence
exercised by such conditions as thoae
described have fallen under my per.
sonal observation, but time will no,
permit me to call attention at this
to more than one, and that as briefly
as possible. A few years ago, In q
county adjacent to cure, ] had occasion
to test herd of fifty COWS with tuber.
culosis. During the winter prior TT
the time Of testing, and in the morn.
ings and evenings Of the summer
months while milking. was in pro.
gress, these Cows we're stabbed in the
basement OF q large barn On the
@est side and part of the north end Of
this basement the walls were built
into an excavation in hillside, the
surface Of the ground being about on 8
level with the ceiling OF tho COW stable
which was undoubtedly great benefit,
atfordi:ig ns it did ample protection
agai st he cold Of winter as we'll as
the summar's heat. The ceiling was
low and liberai!y supplied with cob.
webs and dirt, an ideal habitation for
disease producing germs. On the east
side were the doors, and a number oil
small windows, the latter being rem.
dared Opaque by the accumulated Gust
OF years. The whole interior was sc
gloomy tina. it would require keen
eye to read'from the printed pages of
an ordinary newspaper, II standing
my distance from the open door.
Although warmly housed aud we'll fed
these COWS were in a very unsatis-
factory physical condition In the spring,
and their milk tests at the creamery
were equally unsatisfaotory. Tho
tuberculin tsst showed that thirty-two
OF them were tubercalous. This 10 q
fair example Of the results of sanitary
negligence Compare this with the
history of the Texas cattle which roam
at freedom over the plains Of tina,
state, living an outdoor life the whole
year round, breathing continually the
tho purs untainled ar Of the prairle,
exposed to the rays Of tho sun BY day
and the dews by night, and mark the
CONTRAST. About two years ago in com
panv with United States meat
inspector, stood almost three hours,
on the killing hoor In one Of the large
abattotrs at the National Stock yard,
at East st. Louis. That morning
they we're killing Texas cattle exclu.
sively. AS the viscera of the slaugb.
tered animals were one after another
thrown down for inspection, noting the
cleas, healthy appearance that each
presented, l commented upon their
remarkable freedom from all evidence
of disease. he replied that Texas
cattle very seldom exhibited pos,
I norlem symptoms of such A nature AZ