Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-10

have good department, well lighted
and ventilated. Much valuable fertilizer
can be made and saved from this de-
partment, if the proper amount of care
and attention is given to it.
A house for poultry does not need to
be expensive, but it should be warm,
free from vermin, and roOmy enough so
that the fowls can take the necessary
amount of exercise. Then the hens can
do as good work in the winter months
as in the summer. There are as many
methods of constructing poultry house
as there are men engaged in the busi-
ness, but they all agree on three things,
it must be well ventilated, warm and
dry.
We append a few suggestions for the
improvement of dairy barns from a
circular recently issued by the Illinois
Experiment Station as follows:
"a large proportion of our dairymen
are working at disadvantage because
their barns are not constructed or arrang-
ed in such way that the work may be
rapidly or we'll done. In no place is the
necessity for conveniences more essential
than in dairy barn, where there is al
ways SO much to be accomplished in
short time, yet how seldom we find the
interior arranged so as to save steps, or
the construction such as to contribute
to the comfort of the cows, or the pro-
duction Of wholesome milk. Time is a
valuable asset on the dairy farm, and
great losses grow out of arrangements
which interfere with rapidity of work.
The slip-shod way of doing things in
many barns is largely due, in most cases,
to the awkward arrangement of the barn
itself, though the skill of the man in
charge is an important factor. Much of
the confusion in and about the barn is
rooted in the belief that comfortable
and sanitary barn is of necessity expen-
sive. This is an unfortunate impress
sion, for wholesome and convenient quar-
ters can be provided at a very moderate
cost.
At the present time there is strong
demand for milk produced under bet er
sanitary conditions. This demand will
grow and the man who will make the
greatest success in the future in dairying
is the one who unites himself with this
new movement and adjusts his practices
rs soon as pOSsioio W its iequioine"s'.
There are but few dairy barns that would
not be greatly improved by thorough
cleaning and whitewashing.
A stable for dairy cows should be we'll
lighted and ventilated. 1t should have
tight walls and ceiling and a sound floor.
Dirty cows, when crowded into dark
and dirty stables, cannot be expected to
produce as much milk, nor milk with as
wholesome properties as those provided
with clean, airy quarters, where the
sunlight enters through numerous win
dows, and where the foul air OF the
stable is replaced by pure air without sub
jecting the cows to injurious draughts.
Tight walls and ceilings prevent excess
i've loss of heat in cold weather, and thus
contribute to the comfort of both COW
and milker. When on full feed, the
dairy COW is hard worked and less able
to withstand extremes of weather than
is other stock, for her energies are then
being exerted in the direction OF pro-
duction rather than self-preservation. 1t
is not only more humane, but more
probable, to keep her warm by making
the stable comfortable, instead OF COM
pelling her to use large amounts of ex-
pensive food in maintaining her body
temperature"