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keeping warm and at the same time make milk. Milk is 

 from the surplus of the food after all the bodily wants 

 and needs of the animal are supplied. Whenever a 

 stream of cold air pours in upon the cattle or when they 

 are miserable or uncomfortable, a stream of wasted food 

 pours out all the^time through the same opening. 



The value of sunshine is not appreciated. If possible 

 have your cattle stalls on the south side of the barn. 

 Then put in the windows close together. Give the stock 

 all the sunshine possible, it does not cost much and it is 

 a great factor toward bringing them out in good condition 

 in the spring as well as in making them happy all winter. 

 Every spring and fall whitewash the walls, ceiling and 

 mangers. It makes the stable sweet and clean and makes 

 it look more cheerful. Provide good tight mangers and 

 an even floor raised slightly in front. 



Next in importance to the stable is the water supply. 

 The water furnished stock should be absolutely pure. 

 Don't try to filter impure water through a cow in the ex- 

 pectation of getting good milk. It is neither good for the 

 cow nor for the persons using the milk. If possible have 

 your watering trough in the barn or in an adjacent shed. 

 Don't oblige your stock to go out in the cold months to 

 drink. Cattle will do better kept in the barn from Nov. 

 30th to April 1st, than they would if obliged to spend two 

 hours out doors each day. On bright pleasant days an 

 hour's exercise will do them good, but on cold stormy days 

 this time spent out doors would prove detrimental rather 

 than beneficial. 



It pays to warm water for stock. Experiments in 

 France from those eating the same food, show that a cow 

 supplied with water at a temperature of 113 degrees will 

 give one-third more milk than one drinking cold water. 

 The same is true here in Massachusetts and in my opinion 

 it would pay any farmer keeping twenty cows to buy a 

 boiler, and while he is about it he might as well buy an 

 engine too. By using the former the water can be warmed 



