The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-26
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The farmer who has provided COM
Portable quarters for tue farm animals
for the winter months cannot help
feeling consid arable amount OF salts
faction when the thermometer is pay
ing an inexcusable amount of atten-
ton to Miss Zero, or when the cold
rains and SHOWS make life miserable
for all animate objects subjected to
their fury.
1t certainly does seem good, and we
can 60 to our bed of a cold stormy
night and sleep in peace II all the
stock is as we'll housed as we are.
During the past few weeks we sure
ly have had some very disagreeable
weather-mud? there has been no end
to it whatever. Overshoes had to be
tied on securely in order that the
wearer could maintain his standing in
the church. Even then, If some of the
silent conversation which some of us
carried on with ourselves could have
been heard by the parson we would,
no doubt, be doomed and given up as
hopeless cases that were sure to 60 to
Tie place "ucIc uluu ID oO SSOiShlAEIy
conspicuous by it's absence.
Those who have been compelled to
feed their hogs IN the mud have been
much impressed with the necessity Of
n good feeding floor, and will probably
get busy in that direction when oppor-
unity affords.
One of the boys who is attending
vr1 Iyr}y said thot while
his way home to spend the holiday
vacation he saw large numbers of hogs
wading around in the mud up to their
shoulders.
A good feeding floor for the hogs is
undoubtedly an economical arrange
'nent. 1t will practically pay for itself
in one season.
means much to any farmer. Every
dairyman in this country knows what
effect it has upon his milk. cream, or
butter checks to have his herd expos
ed to the cold rains and SHOWS and
chilly nights. The fender knows that
there Is a great saving Of feed when
he has the fattening stock we'll shell
tered from the storms.
Several years ago some experiments
we're made at Purdue Experiment Sta
ton by Professor c. s. Plumb. He COM
pared the effects of the proper stab
ling Of COWS with that of allowing
them to be exposed to the fury of the
clements.
Six ordinary grade COWS were d.
vidcd into two lots of three cows each.
Lot was kept in the barn in stalls
except for about one hour each day,
when the weather was sunny and mild,
when they were turned into the barn
lot In disagreeable weather, the COWS
or this lot were turned ont only to wa
ter and returned at once to the stable.
Lot was turned into the yard each
morning about eight O'Clock without
regard to the character OF the weather
srd left there until about four o'clock
in the afternoon. The west side of the
'ot was sheltered by a building, in a
corner of which was erected a small
open shed, in which was { manger for
in the barn, but a noon feed Of cloy or
hay was given lot in the yard.
All of the COWS of both lots were
':ept in comfortable stable over
night The conditions of shelter of 'ot
2 were better than many cows receive
Oh ordinary farms even during the
dav These COWS were not exposed %
AS much rough conditions as often &C,
ours where stock is turned out over
wind-swept fields. The experiment was
carried on for 4s days.
Considering this experiment from a
financial standpoint, including cost of
food eaten. weight of milk produced
md animal weight lost or gained, the
following results were obtained in ia.
vor of the sheltered lot:
Saving in cost of feed eaten. 80. $423
|alue of difference Of milk secur-
ed. 1911 lbs. at 15c per gallon. 2.79
Value of 231 lbs. at 2hc per h.. =. SIT
Amount saved by sheltering 3
COWS for 4S days. $12.79
Amount saved by sheltering one
cow for 48 days. ..... 4.26
Mr. Mills in his summary states
'n Other thing being equal dairy
cows sheltered from Indictment wealth
er will eat less food than unsheltered
ones. (2) Exposure to all forts Of win
ter weather will cause mich COWS to