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gtatetueuL Are not such facts as these worthy of at- 

 tention? Here it is shown by practical experience that 

 t! < t; that when animals are unsheltered 



a I cat more and gain less, because so large 



a portion of their food is wed up in keeping them 

 warm. 



In the course of a very few years, such differences 

 as these, to a farmer who kept much stock, would save 

 the entire price of good, substantial sheds. The com- 

 fort and warmth of animals, should be a primary con- 

 sideration in the construction of shetls and stables of 

 every >n. It is quite easy, by a little study, 



to unii .- important requisites with convenience, 

 and with economy of time in feeding. When build- 

 ings are well regulated in these respects, a man can 

 (ii> much more work, and do it better, than where be 

 has to accomplish every tiling at a disadvantage, as 

 M the case in too many establishments. From the re- 

 sults I: ^y feeding in the dark, and in 

 close I <1 be well to try this system on 

 a large scale. Many persons partially adopt it by 

 iiviinr folding shutters, which render the light of day 

 dim and indistinct. Where many animals are 

 'tiilding, care should be taken to eostira 

 II. 



ttbLiiuN III or THE FORM IN WHICH roOD It TO 9 

 OIVEN. 



The state in which food is given, has an important 

 bearing on the eifect which it produces, in sustaining 

 or fattening the animal. I have already spoken of 

 cutUiig hay, straw, and stalks, and have explained the 

 adrantaffes which result from the practice. On snail 

 farms, all tlint is ne<^es- iit by hand in an 



hour at night and luoi i \u-rr the stock is 



large, then* in always, «»r oujfl»t • !i<»nip power; 



