Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 160 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE SHELTER Shelter.—To make live stock comfortable in the north- ern part of the United States and Canada, good shelter must be provided. Expensive shelter is not necessary, but build- ings should be so constructed as to keep the animals warm. If they are not kept warm by shelter, some of the food they eat will be used to warm them, and it is cheaper to provide good shelter. Besides, if animals are not comfortable,
Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 160 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE SHELTER Shelter.—To make live stock comfortable in the north- ern part of the United States and Canada, good shelter must be provided. Expensive shelter is not necessary, but build- ings should be so constructed as to keep the animals warm. If they are not kept warm by shelter, some of the food they eat will be used to warm them, and it is cheaper to provide good shelter. Besides, if animals are not comfortable, they cannot do well. This is especially true of milch cows and young stock. Steers do not require very warm quarters so long as they are protected from the storms and the wind. Light.—Plenty of windows should be provided, so that the sunlight can reach just as much of the inter- ior of the building as pos- sible. SunHght is a deadly enemy of bacteria and disease germs. There is no better disinfectant than sunhght, and it is so cheap that every building should be amply supplied. Tub- erculosis is very common among domestic animals, and it is generally believed that it may be transmitted from animals to man, especially in milk. So it is not alone for the com- fort of the animals and the profit we derive, that we provide healthful quar- but to guard the health of the family as well. Ventilation.—By good ventilation we mean such a system as will remove the foul air from the stable. Leaving a door or a window open is not good ventilation, as it causes a draught and lets out the warm air. A better way is to have one or more flues built in the barn, that will carry the foul id Figure 73.—A good system of ventilation for a barn. Fresh air comes in near the tcrS ceiling. Foul air is taken out from near ' the floor. After King.
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