Show winter protection of live stock A common winter sight is a herd berd of cattle exposed to severest kind of weather browsing in cornfields or standing humped up in chilling chil lins winds food is fuel to the animal body it requires more fuel to keep up steam in a boiler when the weather is intensely cold than it does when it is ia mild in the same manner other things being equal it requires more food to sustain an animal freely exposed to the chilling blasts of winter than it does for one given protection in experiments conducted at the indiana agricultural experiment station cows exposed to all sorts of weather in winter but provided with night shelter made ft a very ui unfavorable favorable showing as compared with those given the shelter of the stable excepting for a brief aarin airing 0 when the leatho weather er was suitable the exposed cows ate the most food lost slightly in vei ma it and also in milk yield the sheltered ones gained in weight and otherwise made a better showing in 0 than the exposed lot at the kansas experiment station hogs hoga kept in conditions of winter exposure did not produce pork so economically ns its those given reasonable shelter although the same kind of food was fed to each lot in reporting the feeding experiments peri ments with steers at the same station prof georgeson says gays that thai steers to give the best returns when beino being fed for beef should be provided with shelter warm low open sheds in the feed lot comfortable shelter to steers while live stock should be pro tec ed from the inclemency of the vr weather eather it is important that the stable should be well ventilated and not too warm disease propagates easiest where the air is stagnant and impure hence special efforts should be made to kee keep the stable air pure without abt doubt tuberculosis is more prevalent among cattle closely confined in stable where the ventilation is bad than it is where the air is good livestock live stock should certainly be allowed outdoor exercise exercise when the weather is mild and comfortable I 1 but bat if it snows or rains and the air air is is chilling the animals should be given stable protection it is also important that the stable should not be too warm in in winter A temperature of 40 deg is ih a very satisfactory one when it is as high as GO CO deg in the barn stuck stock turned from this into a freezing atmosphere to water are very apt pt to be severely chilled and take cold when the stable is at 40 deg animals are not so easily chilled when turned from the stable every stable should have a thermometer to guide one in keeping the temperature of the room as uniform ae possible bulletin by prof C S plumb purdue experiment station |