. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. siiKi/rKii I'oi: CAT'i'i-i':. G(ir> byexpoKurc^ 111 the wiiilci- Masts. 11'a suddc'ii slonii coincs on lie. " tyuesscs tho brutes call .stand it,' with a "morsel inoro" of fodder. His fattening and working stock iuid niilcli cows are in the barns. Can he not see that if it pays witli fhcni it will pay " all ; Farmer Thrifty.—Kanncr Tlirifty lielievcs in having good shelter and in using it. lie hclicvcs not only in slieltering his stock, hut in sheltering his yards a


. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. siiKi/rKii I'oi: CAT'i'i-i':. G(ir> byexpoKurc^ 111 the wiiilci- Masts. 11'a suddc'ii slonii coincs on lie. " tyuesscs tho brutes call .stand it,' with a "morsel inoro" of fodder. His fattening and working stock iuid niilcli cows are in the barns. Can he not see that if it pays witli fhcni it will pay " all ; Farmer Thrifty.—Kanncr Tlirifty lielievcs in having good shelter and in using it. lie hclicvcs not only in slieltering his stock, hut in sheltering his yards anil liains also. \\'ith tlu; snow lying lliick over eveiything, tiicic is no sign of iif(^ in tiic ainph' yards, save tlie hands ai)ont tiieir work, and the rhirkcns, whi<'h also ha\c warm (jiiarters at night. Tiie cattle arc^ all coinforlalily iiousrd inside. V. How to Shelter. If seems iinnocossarv to follow IIk^ sid)jey the ^.^ -iMT-fwamfc,. planting of i)elts of evergreens and dcH'iduons ti'ces. It is the crudest sort of ])i'olection, next to a tight Jioard fenee. If the fence is lopped wit li a lean-to roof we iiave one of tiie sim- plest forms of shelter. jVnotlier foi-iii of shed—and the crudest—is of posts and poles eov(!red with slough hay. If i)laced in the tinilier it makes an excellent i)rofection for store cattle. A Good Shed.—Htill another cheap shed is made liy setting j)osts in the ground in two lines, sawing the tops level, fastening on plates i)ieces, laying on scanlling for the ])eak, supported teni])orarily, and nailing on l)oards, for a roof, at one-<iuarter pilch, up and <lo\\n from I lie plates to the peak,. [•IIIMITIVE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. L


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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectveterin, bookyear1882