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Show Ventilation of Stable Matter of Importance A cow breathes out about 5 quarts of water each 24 hours, and a herd of 20 cows would breathe out 110 quarts, or 27 gallons of water in 24 hours, according to Prof. A. M. Goodman of the agricultural engineering department depart-ment at Cornell university. Where most of the stock is kept, and where the walls are well Insulated, In-sulated, the heat from thi animals keeps the stable walls anu ceiling warm and no moisture condenses. However, In that part of the stable where little animal heat Is given off, as in box stalls and calf pens, or where heat escapes readily, as through bare mow floors or single boarded or concrete walls, the air is chilled and deposits its moistures. One cause for unnecessary moisture mois-ture is open hay chutes. The warm, moist, light air rises up these chutes and if the loft siding is tight, this air condenses on the siding and on the under side of the roof. What Is the effect of all this moisture? mois-ture? It causes soggy, mouldy, decaying de-caying timbers, warped ceiling and siding, swollen and sticking doors and window sash, and a miserable place in which to work and keep live stock. The condition of these damp, unhealthy stables can be entirely en-tirely corrected by proper ventilation. ventila-tion. Michigan Farmer. |