Show adequate shelter to save the feed live stock quarters should be suitable can be built of straw by W A poster foster agricultural engineering dept university of illinois service As crop production Is adjusted closer and closer to domestic needs there will be less feed to waste and tills this means that the OW worth of live stock on farms will have to be given adequate shelter poorly sheltered stock cannot make the most of the feed it eats then too there Is the added waste and spoil age that comes when live stock feed ing Is done without proper protection tills this Is especially important because all feed crops were poor furthermore the trend now Is toward the ad of live stock production as well as of crops if farmers are to conserve what live stock they do produce and put ill higher her quality products on the market they cannot neglect tile sheltering of their animals some shelter can be provided with nothing more than a straw pile in the feed lot it breaks tile the wind and furnishes some overhead shelter during driving st storms ornis ketter better than the straw pile Is the straw shed which may be built at a small outlay of time forked poles cut from timber and set act as posts post swill will support poles brush and straw for a straw shed while such sheds are not permanent they should last for two years and may be rebuilt easily the saveng sav ang in manure will more than pay for the time in build ing then there 1 Is the open shed which Is open to tile the south and cist cast tills permits live stock the freedom to come and go as it pleases by tile the use of plenty of straw these open sheds can be made an excellent shelter for the feed bunks they keep the feed dry until it Is oaten eaten and save con sid erable spoilage and wind loss |