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and loss are obviated by tbe use of barns, for each load 

 when deposited is considered safe. 



3. All forage for domestic animals can be more conve- 

 niently and economically fed from barns than it can be 

 from stacks ; for when the stack is opened, a certain por- 

 tion is always exposed to injury from storms, and a con- 

 siderable portion, when fed to animals, is blown away or 

 trodden under foot. The animals, while consuming the 

 feed, are exposed to cold sleet and chilling blasts, from 

 which they would gladly retreat, did not stern necessity 

 compel them to eat thus exposed or starve. No animals 

 thus exposed can be expected to thrive ; and it is cer- 

 tain they will not, unless they consume a much greater 

 quantity of food than would be required if kept dry, com- 

 fortable, and not compelled to fight the whirlwind. 



4. When animals are fed in stables or sheds well lit- 

 tered, a larger quantity of manure may be made a large 

 proportion, if not all of which can be kept under shelter, 

 and thus preserved from the great loss which exposure to 

 storms occasions. 



