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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 kO 

 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. SunUght is a deadly 

 enemy of bacteria and 

 disease germs. There is 

 no better disinfectant than 

 sunlight, 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- 

 ters, but to guard tlie 

 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 

 (M- 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 



Figure 73. — A good system of ventilation 

 for a barn. Fresh air comes in near the 

 ceiling. Foul air is taken out from near 

 the floor. After King. 



