. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm. Dairying. 113 THE dairyman's MAKUAL. shown at figures 17 and 18. The posts in front are twelve feet in hight, and the rear ones eight. The boards are put on vertically, and battened on the sides. The roof is made of rough boards laid double, and breaking joints, so that it will not leak. The box for. OPEN SHED. 7K14 ^' MEAL BOX fEEDINa PASSAGE. < STALL FOR COW Fig. 18.—PLAN OF CHEAP COW STABLE, the COW is eight by ten feet and six feet four inches high, and has a feed passage four by eight feet
. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm. Dairying. 113 THE dairyman's MAKUAL. shown at figures 17 and 18. The posts in front are twelve feet in hight, and the rear ones eight. The boards are put on vertically, and battened on the sides. The roof is made of rough boards laid double, and breaking joints, so that it will not leak. The box for. OPEN SHED. 7K14 ^' MEAL BOX fEEDINa PASSAGE. < STALL FOR COW Fig. 18.—PLAN OF CHEAP COW STABLE, the COW is eight by ten feet and six feet four inches high, and has a feed passage four by eight feet adjoining it. The middle portion of the building is an open shed, seven by fourteen feet, which is used for storing muck, protecting the manure heap from the rains, etc. CHAPTER X. WATER SUPPLY. A COPIOUS supply of pure water is indispensable for a dairy. This is one point to which particular attention should be given in selecting a farm for this use. A clear, cool, running stream through the pasture, and near the barn, is the most convenient source for the supply of the cows; but unless the farm controls the springs from which the stream issues it is apt to be the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. New York : Orange Judd
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