The winter climate of the south is so
mild compared with that of the states north
of us, that many farmers make no extra
provision for the protection of their animals
during that period. The consequence is
that many cattle and even the more valu
able horses and mules are exposed, more or
less, to the cold winds and rainstorms with
hardly any protection. I’.very farmer wor
thy of the name, takes care to protect his
ston'd grain and provender from the weath
er, knowing that direct loss by rotting will
occur; but he does not always consider
that insutlieient shelter of his animals
causes a great watse of food. A mule ol
vow that is provided with a . lose, dry. com
fortable stable during cold, wet, Windy
weather will require from oue-forth to one
half less food than if the same animal be
t x.pos <1 without shelter. A large part <»
the food consumed by every animal is
burned within the body as so much fuel,
in order to keep up the animal heat. A
horse or eow wdl > - ease to “'e if the
heat ol the body falls much below 100 de
grees. If suppled with plenty of food the
animal system will burn enough ol n to
keep thebodv up to the required tempera
ture . veil in ‘the severest weather we ever
have. If the food bo deficient in quantity
the fat ami then the lean tissues ol the
1 ~d' will be burned in order to keep the re-
■ t he 1 odj w inn, J'i'i « 1 i 1 "-
turnittire for
tn. 1 rather than freeze to death. But just
... and fuel-wood is cheaper than ”.<l
steiads. chairs and tables, so is a good loot,
sides and a dry floor .• .. .iper than
. . ans ot io ■ pin._ a
... the argument an-
V dl eouai. aye increased ioree in
, S( o t u ileh cow s and fattening am
eard it said that one
. . H p d to a fattening hog in O< -
tober will g<> as tar as two ears led tn
, ■ lv be an extravagant state-
L. it. i: applied to a hog kept ' r - V ,'.
