. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 116 THE DAIRYMAN S MANUAL. stalls, five by ten feet, and a loose box for a cow, seven and a half by ten feet, with a passage, in which is a feed bin, room for a fodder cutter and feed box, and stairs to the hay loft. Over the feed box is a hay shnte from the loft above. The poultry-house adjoins the passage, from which t>vo doors open into it. This house is eighteen by twelve feet, and has a slopmg front of glazed sash. The CL ^ I Fiff. FEED COW. PICS. a: 15.—PLAN OP STABLE WITH POTJLTBT-HOUSE. roosts are shown in the eng
. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 116 THE DAIRYMAN S MANUAL. stalls, five by ten feet, and a loose box for a cow, seven and a half by ten feet, with a passage, in which is a feed bin, room for a fodder cutter and feed box, and stairs to the hay loft. Over the feed box is a hay shnte from the loft above. The poultry-house adjoins the passage, from which t>vo doors open into it. This house is eighteen by twelve feet, and has a slopmg front of glazed sash. The CL ^ I Fiff. FEED COW. PICS. a: 15.—PLAN OP STABLE WITH POTJLTBT-HOUSE. roosts are shown in the engraving by the three bars in each apartment. The poultry-house is divided into two parts, so that one can be appropriated for young chickens and brooding hens, which is a very convenient method, and avoids the loss of a single chick. At the other end is a yard for manure, with a pig-pen at the rear. An Open Cow Shed.—A cheap and convenient open shed for feeding or milking may be built as Fig. 16.—OPEN cow SHED. Posts are set in the ground in four rows ten feet apart; the posts in the outer rows being ten feet apart and seven feet above the ground, and those in the inner rows being five feet apart and ten feet high. These posts are. 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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