No. 4.] DAIRY ECONOMICS. L79 



and the situation that most of the tanners of the. land are in : 

 "The highways and byways of the kingdom of eowdom arc 



dark indeed ; and, Mere it not for the few lights that are 

 hung on its outskirts for the guidance of the 1 pilgrim, in the 

 form of milk analysis, feeding experiments and digestion 

 trials, we would have a much more foggy path than we now 

 follow, especially as those two fellow travellers, Wisdom and 

 Cash, must follow each other closely, if they arrive" 



Mr. William Atkins (of North Amherst). 1 should like 

 to know about the King method of ventilation, — how it is 

 arranged. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. Two years ago I published the 

 whole system, illustrated by diagrams. May be I can show 

 you b} r illustration. 



We will suppose this room to be a stable. My barn is 

 constructed on one side with a heavy earth wall, — that is, 

 against the bank. I don't use stone for a wall to a stable 

 any more than I can help. I can construct more cheaply 

 with wood, although I have stone on the farm, and then I 

 can construct as I want to. I wish to make a warm barn, 

 so that the stable part is constructed in this wise. First, 

 2 by 4 studding : on that is clapboarding ; then on the side 



1 run building paper. That makes one air chamber. Then 



2 by 2 is spiked against that studding, and another partition 

 of building paper, and then another 2 by 2 against that, and 

 another partition of building paper, and then up and down 

 on the inside with half-inch lath tacked on, and a ceiling all 

 over the inside of the stable overhead and all around. That 

 makes three or four divisions of air chambers, — just the 

 best kind of insulation against cold. We have it 20° be- 

 low zero sometimes, and frost will extend right through a 

 wall. You always notice that cattle that stand next to a 

 wall don't thrive as well. Then there is a window every two 

 feet clear around, — as often as I can stick one in there is a 

 window ; for I know that cows have the same curiosity that 

 boys do, they want to look out and see what is going on, 

 and I make every provision possible for the cows to look out 

 doors and see what is happening. 



