CHAPTER VII. 

 OBJECTIONS TO SOILING. 



EXTRA LABOR. 



THE only objection to soiling that any one can 

 possibly make is the question of extra labor. In 

 the first edition of this work was noticed one other 

 objection which was sometimes made, i.e., lack of 

 exercise. In those days there was not one farmer 

 in ten that stabled his cows winters, to say nothing 

 of summers. This may seem strange to my 

 younger readers, but with, the exception of a few 

 dairymen, who furnished milk to town, I believe I 

 had about the first farm barn in the county fitted 

 with cow stables. This was early in the seventies. 

 The objection was that the cattle needed more exer- 

 cise. In those days, cattle were fed in open racks 

 under open sheds, and under the shelter of straw 

 stacks. 



But since that time, there have been great changes 

 in the methods of stabling, until now not one farmer 

 in ten can be found who does not stable his cows in 

 winter. Therefore, mention of this objection, i.e., 

 lack of exercise, has been omitted entirely in this re- 

 vised edition. The cattle are turned out nights, and 



