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One of the largest and most success
I'll dairymen in this country Is Horace
L. Bronson OF Cortland county, y. Y,
whose dairy business is conducted on
the same plans as a modern depart
ment store In a recent issue of the
American Agriculturist Mr.. Bronson
tells OF the Importance of light and
ventilation in the COW barn as follows:
Cows are infinitely better off in
cold. dry stable with plenty of light
and good air than in an oyerheated
dark room never knew COW to
get pneumonia or tuberculosis from be-
ing In cold dry, well lighted quarters
but | have known whole herds to be
affected and destroyed from overhead
parts of air are oxygen and nitrogen.
Oxygen supplies life TO the animal
kingdom ana nitrogen to the vegetable.
Without oxygen animal life cannot be
maintained, for the reason that when
pure air Is taken into the lungs the
oxygen is appropriated to vitalize the
blood.
There are people, | believe. who
wrongly suppose that all cold stables
are supplied with fresh air. This is a
mistake, and you should see to it that
your COW barn is supplied with intakes
through which fresh air from the out
side shall be introduced in front of the
cattle. and then provide a central shaft
leading from near the stable floor, up
through the stable and through the
roof. This is an outtake and will main
tain a moderate current, drawing the
impure gases from the bottom up
through the shaft and into the open
space.
If your stable is not well lighted
by that | mean thoroughly lighted
simply put in more windows, suffi-
cient0to give your stock room as well
lighted as your own living room. DO
not minimize the Importance OF SUM
shine. for il is one Of the most eff.
fective germ destrOyers In nature.
Thirty minutes OF sunshine will gen
orally put out of business many dis
ease germs. An abominable, poorly
lighted and ventilated stable can De
changed over into model one at
trifing expense. This can be done
generally by the farmer and his help
without employing skilled or high
priced labor.
Land plaster should be used liber-
ally. Sprinkle 1t over the drop when
filed and again after it Is cleaned.
The mixing Of the plaster with the
compost induces change wherein the
nitrogen or ammonia becomes fixed.
Without this the ammonia will to
large extent escape and float Off into
the surrounding atmosphere. indie
pendent Of the health of the animals,
permitting the ammonia TO escape Is
n waste which no farmer can afford.
Bear in mind that this ammonia is the
most expensive fertilizer that you
have TO buy. In the form Of nitrate OF
soda, IL often costs us $50 per ton,
while muriate Of potash can be bought
for about $40, sometimes for about
$50: phosphorlc acid about $40 per ton.
ABdln. tue pldStcT - IcutTdlll WORTH
its cost If applied directly to the land.
generally buy the plaster In carload
lots. costing from $3.50 to So per ton.
II you haven't used IL in the past. try
1t and just see how nice II will seem
for you TO sit down 60 the milking ~
clean. sweet smelling stable.
Regularity i'm milking and feeding Ia
necessary for best results Many farm
ers pay little heed to either point. Cen
orally farmers are compelled to depend
to n greater or less extent upon hired
help TO do their milking. In all such
cases the farmer should be careful 10
see that his hired meh are good milk
ers. There are pleDty of shiftless fell
lows. who. when left 10 themselves.
will ruin the best COW ~ bad milking.
A poor mixer Is an abomlnation. No
COW can keep a sound udder for any
considerable time unless she IS MIXED
clean at least twice daily. and even
this does not quite cover the ground.
she must be MIXED quickly or else she
becomes strippcr-that ls. she VIII
hold back her milk for awhile. and thon
II Is but a short time before she has
lost one or more OF her quarters.