Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-17

oOnS, lHC.t buIldlO, N. L. TeIineTS Oh
vegetab BILE oils.--AdY.
ceiFed more scientific consideration
than ever before. Investigations have
been made by men who are thoroughly
conversant with the subject from a
practical as we'll as a scientific stand
point. Thorough, conscientious and
capable scientific men have planned
out various campaigns of dairy inspec-
tion in order to obtain a cleaner milk
supply, each in accordance with GER
tain definite personal ideas and GER
tain definite local conditions. The re-
suit has been that ali over this coun-
try, yes, all over the world, there has
been started a campaign of education
for cleaner, safer better milk. In
every instance the work has started
at the fountain head, the dairy, and
proceeded along the various lines of
production, transportation and distri-
button until the product has reached
the consumers door. Today the milk
supply of the majority Of large cities
is we'll supervised. To my mind there
are many points of interest in this
particular line of sanitary work and
my only excuse for presenting this ele
mentary paper is to point out some OF
the important fundamentals of sani-
tary construction and present some of
the phases in which the veterinarian
may play such an important part in
watching over the health of the con-
sumer and guiding the destinies of the
producer.
In our northern climate warmer sta
blee nave for years occupied the atten-
ton of our best farmers and stockmen.
Bank barns were the outgrowth OF
the desire TO provide comfortable sta
bles that were both warmer and sup
posed!y better. The convenience OF
having all stock under one roof tucked
carefully away from the cold was very
alluring to ambitious farmers. But
animals housed in these expensive
dur geons We're not happy and showed
their discontinue in watery eyes, lus-
tre-less hair, hot noses and hot, rev.
erish breath, with fltful, quarrelsome
actions together with their inability
70 grow or fatten. Frequently animals
thus housed were subject to various
bovine diseases which were materially
by conditions SO extensively though
unintentionally provided Experience
told the observing dairyman that un-.
der such conditions his animals were
not at their best and the gradual evo-
luton of the sanitary barn took place,
until now it is the exception, rather
than the rule in the large dairy dis
tricts for a dairyman to build other
than up-to-date sanitary stables.
The proper location of a dairy stable
is the first important consideration
Good air, good drainage, plenty OF sun
light and an abundant water supply
aro ali essential features. The stable
should be situate among surroundings
that afford good natural drainage ana
should be equipped with a good cement
floor. tight walls, and ceiilng, ampie
light -four square feet per cow pien-
ty of air space $500 cubic feet per AMI
mali. and finally. and most essehtiai
of all. 1t should be equipped with Ell
fcient ventilating system. ] have stud
led this matter from great many
viewpoints an have made many opser-
vations concerning the proper Nentlia-
tion of dairy barns, and / am OF the
opinion that if sanitary stahie can
have but one sanitary equipment that
one should be ventilation, all others
are secondary. Essential as pure,
wholesome food is to both man anu
animals. lust as essential, and l dare
saw more so. is pure wholesome air.
This great natural agent stands hrst
in the treatment of tuberculosis, and
n
vention of disease and in assisting the
body in the various physiological pro-
cesses of metabolism, assimilation anu
nutrition. Hipprocrates taught twenty
three centuries ago the Importance OF
recognizing natural laws IN meolcihe,
he said. TT is to the effort OF nature
that the attentive and able physician
looks for guidance"
In yentilating a cow stable, we
should provide for fresh air to enter
the stable in front of the cows and dis
seminate without creating drafts
through the stable, passing out
through an outlet of ample size behind
the cows, thus giving the animals the
best sir in the stable to breathe, and
taking out the odors and steam from
the manure and urine without carry
ing 1t by their heads. One large bullet
shaft of sufficient size to ventilate
stable, being constructed on the ratio
of to 6 cows to the square foot is far
more practical, much cheaper and
from results obtained is infinitely bet
ter than enough small chutes q foot or
a foot and a half square. to make up
the required amount of ventilation
area. There should be intakes enough
not exceeding individually one-half a
square foot in area, to nearly equal
the area. of the out-take chute. For
example: A stable to accommodate 54
COWS would require an outlet shaft
three feet square, containing square
feet ventilation area, and 16 or 1S one
half square feet intakes distributed
evenly around the outer walls would
be required to secure enough fresh air
in the stable; these can be regulated
to suit the atmospheric conditions, but
we must have almost as much inlet