432 THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



cold drafts, and the "King" system of ventilation seems 

 to be worthy of commendation. 



All domestic animals, whether the milch cow or the 

 fattening steer, should have a reasonable amount of 

 exercise under comfortable conditions. Little sym- 

 pathy should be shown toward the modern fad of tying 

 cows by their heads in one spot for five or six months, 

 under the plea that exercise is work and work costs food. 

 The statement had better be in accordance with the 

 experience of all time, that exercise is health and vigor 

 and that food is well used in maintaining these. The cow 

 is more than a machine; she is a sentient being, suscepti- 

 ble to many of the influences which are essential to the 

 physical welfare of the human species. Let no one take 

 this opinion as an excuse for the cruel and wasteful expo- 

 sure of farm animals to inclement weather, which is so 

 often observed, for this is simply a violation of the laws 

 of kindness and economy in the other direction. 



A sympathetic relation should be established between 

 the animal and the herdsman. Close observers declare 

 that such a relation promotes greater thrift and larger 

 production, especially with dairy cows. These animals, 

 possessed of the instincts and affections of motherhood, 

 respond to fondling through its influence upon their 

 nervous organization. 



Moreover, the economic relation is not the only one 

 man sustains to the animal world. Farm animals are 

 man's companions and friends for which he may enter- 

 tain even sentiments of affection. The daily life of the 

 farm-house is full of pleasant experiences that belong to 

 the care of, and association with, the grateful creatures 

 whose wants must be supplied the motherly cow, the 

 faithful horse, or the noisy, cackling fowl. No farmer 



