Show shut out the tho cold the temperature of the living animal body cannot vary greatly anil and tb therefore when the weather grows colder there is an increased d demand f for or food to bo be consumed in keel ing up tip the natural heat A low temperature is an expensive condition farmer larmer who has wintered his stock well knows there are two general methods of overcoming th the e w wearing earing or exhausting effects oase of severe v ere cold is weather cather giving the animals an abundance of rich and palatable heat forming food and securing them from exposure r c in warm and comfortable comfert ablo stables A dapsy happy combination of these two methods metho sinthe is the one to be provided by every stock raiser who looks both to the comfort of hili bid animals and their profitableness if stables generally could bo bc warmed with safety by stoves there is no doubt that a saving in the amount of fodder would result much can be done in this direction by keeping the animals in well built stabler stables and free from all chilling currents of frast laden air nir the writer ban hail in mind a stable where a long row of cows suffered almost to the point of freezing on many winter wimer nights because the tile stable was full of large cracks and the door only partly shut out the drifting snows A lew few hours if f patching the walls flooring and doore doors with very little expense for lumber would verr have bave made mado its good effects evident within a single week at the dairy room A cow is not at her lier best when she must shiver with the cold and have her ber rough coat covered with the frost and banow of a severe winter night P look looked ced at in simply the pecuniary light this method of keeping farm stock does not brim bring the best returns there is no farmer farmer who being able to own a herd of cattle or a flock of sheep can afford not to house them well he ile may let them cat at will from the stack of the best ba hay y that is made but if they have no more shelter than the betack affords he may come to the conclusion common to all bad agricultural practice that farming docs not pay let this be a word in ser i son for all those who may profit by it stop the cracks in the stables cs and save pain from your you r animals j and money for yourself yours alf take 11 care not to have bare the furm furni stock tock exposed to the chilling winter blasts in short shutout shut out the cold DR n american A agriculturist gri for december |