. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. :iU DAFHV FARMING. unci tlioy somofimo^! jj^ct hiin<^ in doiiiLj sd—wlu'ii they cannot Imn back a<jain; and it' tm) long-, tlie excreta do not fall into the channel, clear of where the eows have to lie. A space 0^ feet square is sufficient to accommodate two moderate-sized cows, say two Ayi-shires, and it is usual to have two cows in one stall, one tied to either side of it, vvitl) a smaller division between them, which serves tlie useful i)urpose of keeping each cow's food sepa
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. :iU DAFHV FARMING. unci tlioy somofimo^! jj^ct hiin<^ in doiiiLj sd—wlu'ii they cannot Imn back a<jain; and it' tm) long-, tlie excreta do not fall into the channel, clear of where the eows have to lie. A space 0^ feet square is sufficient to accommodate two moderate-sized cows, say two Ayi-shires, and it is usual to have two cows in one stall, one tied to either side of it, vvitl) a smaller division between them, which serves tlie useful i)urpose of keeping each cow's food separate from tlie other's. • In Fi<ij. 208 we give an illustration of a stall fur two cows. In this jiaftt'rn it will be noticed that the fodder-racks are arranyed vertically instead of overhead, whit'h enables the cow to cat her food cows cannot get tii'ir heads together. Projections against which the cows might iiurt themselves are carefully discarded. Tiie floors arc either paved with stone or cement, or with tiles firmly set in cement, and they slope slightly—veiy slightly—toward the channel. A strong course of freestone, we think, ought to be next to the channel, for the cow's hind feet to stand upon, and tile channel itself should be about 2 feet wide, so that the solid will not prevent the liquid exereUi from passing away into the drain which leads to the liquid-manure tank. We assume that there is such a tank, for it is almost a necessity in premises that are always required to l)e ke])t dean and in. Tig. 208. -Stall fob Two Cows. as she lies—a thing wliieh some cows rather like to do. There are also troughs for chaffed food or for water, as may be required. There are many different jiatterns of cow-stalls, made by such firms as Musgrave and Co., and the St. Pancras Iron- works Company. In some of them a water-trough is so ])]aced that the cow can easily drink out of it; it does not communicate with the other cows' troughs; it may be filled by hand or by Jiipe
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