1854 . 
THE CULTIVATOR 
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Hints on Stabling Horses and Cattle. 
In all the arrangements for constructing and keep¬ 
ing stables in order, the comfort, and consequently the 
health and thrift of the animal should be kept con¬ 
stantly in view. Some farmers, well satisfied with the 
importance of a pure air, think it sufficient to open a 
stable window or door occasionally, for this purpose. 
This usually throws in a strong cold current about the 
animal’s feet, the warmer and fouler air remaining, by 
its less specific gravity, in the upper part of the stable, 
and unreached by the fresh current. A wooden tube, 
running up like a small chimney from the upper part, 
in which the current may be regulated according to 
the coldness or windiness of the weather, by a wooden 
valve, is far better. Cleanliness under foot is another 
very important ingredient to the comfort of animals. 
This can be secured only by a good stone or plank 
floor, very frequent cleanings, and a sufficiency, not su¬ 
perabundance, of clean dry litter. Remember, it is 
about as easy to throw out a cart load of fresh drop¬ 
pings, in fifty different operations, performed three 
times a day, as to do it once a week, at one formidable 
and disagreeable task. A stable, clean underfoot, is 
absolutely essential to a pure air. 
Many horses should never be stabled in one apart¬ 
ment, or in adjoining stalls, under one roof. Eor if 
one becomes affected with disease, especially if a con¬ 
tagious one, the others in all probability will receive 
it. One horse getting loose, will disturb the rest; or 
if one becomes restless from any sudden attack, the 
noise deprives the others of their regular repose, and 
renders them also more liable to an attack. It is said 
that a marked difference in the amount of labor per¬ 
formed by a set of horses, has been observed after a 
night of disturbed repose from a single affected ani¬ 
mal. Every farm should be provided with at least one 
“loose box” (or room for turning in loose) for any ani¬ 
mal that may become diseased. 
Sometimes the difficulty of access to litter , preyents 
a proper attention to the comfort of stables. It may 
happen to be stowed away in soma remote comer of 
the barn, or still worse and more common, out of doors, 
covered with snow or drenched with rain, and render¬ 
ed in a great measure unfit for its intended purpose. 
The straw of threshed grain cannot be deposited in too 
convenient a position. A good arrangement is to place 
the “straw-barn” between the grain barn and the sta¬ 
bles, and partly over the latter. 
Stables are commonly made too smalL Many of the 
stalls made for horses are not over twelve teet in 
length, including manger or feeding-box. Eighteen 
feet would be much better. The partitions should be 
of strong and solid timber, and sufficiently high and 
tight to prevent their seeing or smelling each other,— 
the usual preliminary to kicking. Boxes should be 
ten feet square. 
Cattle, that are stabled in winter, are m-ore apt to 
be neglected in cleanliness, than horses. It seems re¬ 
volting, that the animal from which we derive so much 
of the supplies for the table,—butter, cheese, milk and 
cream, should be compelled to lie on foul beds and 
breathe a foul atmosphere. Such causes must of ne¬ 
cessity injure the quality, and lessen the quantity of 
these products, at the same time that the animals suf¬ 
fer in condition. Clean dry beds, from very frequent 
cleaning and attention, and a good wholesome air, 
would certainly contribute much to the comfort of the 
animal, and still more, we should think, to the comfort 
of the owner and attendant, if they have any appre¬ 
ciation of the elements of comfort and enjoyment. 
Importation of Cattle. 
Messrs. Morris and Becar received a very valua¬ 
ble addition to their herd a few weeks since, in the 
Short-Horned cow “ Jacintha” purchased by Mr. 
Morris while in Europe last year, of Mr. J. S. Tan- 
queray, of Hendon, an account of whose extensive 
and valuable herd will be found in the Letter of our 
London correspondent published this week. Mr. T. has 
one of the best herds in England, and we have heard 
“ Jacintha” spoken of by those who had seen her in 
England, as one of his best. Her pedigree and por¬ 
trait are published in the last Yol. of the Herd Book, 
and seem to justify the encomiums she has received. 
The ship Queen of England, from Liverpool, arriv¬ 
ed at New-York Nov. 20th. There were shipped on 
board this vessel, a very valuable cargo of domestic 
animals, consisting of the Short-Horn bull “4th Duke 
of York,” owned by Hen. Gadwallader, of Phila¬ 
delphia, and Mr. Vail, of Troy, whose pedigree was 
published in the Country Gentleman, of Nov. 17th— 
the Short-IIorn bull “ Lord Ducie,” purchased of Mr. 
Bell, by Dr. H. 'Wendell, of this city—thirteen 
South Down Sheep for Gen. Cadwallader —five Hor¬ 
ses, eleven bulls, twelve heifers and heifer calves, and 
thirty-six sheep for parties in Kentucky. The ship ex¬ 
perienced very bad weather, soon after leaving port; 
and we regret to have to add, resulted in the loss of the 
splendid bull “4th Duke of York,” for which Messrs. 
C. & V., it will be remembered, paid 500 guineas— 
a loss not more to be regretted in a pecuniary 
point of view than to the stock-growers of the country. 
In addition to this, five of the bulls, five or six of the 
heifers, and about a dozen of the sheep for Kentucky, 
were lost on the passage. A correspondent furnishes the 
following account of these losses: “ The weather be¬ 
came very boisterous almost immediately after the ves¬ 
sel left Liverpool; when two days out, during a heavy 
gale, 4th Duke, who was very heavy and in high con¬ 
dition, became restive and broke from his stall or box, 
but was secured without damage to himself or others. 
During the succeeding night, however, the gale con¬ 
tinuing to rage violently, he was suddenly thrown for¬ 
ward, (in a cross sea,) on his head, and broke his neck, 
and was dead in less than two minutes. During this 
gale, as well as at short intervals through the voyage, 
one after another of the Kentuckians’ animals were 
either suddenly killed or died from bruises and other 
injuries.” 
Dr. Wendell’s bull, we are glad to learn has ar 
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