Archive image from page 120 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 DAIRY BUILDIKGS. 115 floor will be sufficient, and forty dollars will be amply sufficient to supply a family cow with every comfort and convenience. The floor should be of cement or brick, or of hard-rammed clay. Wood is the least desirable floor. A cement floor is the best, and if well made it is vermin- proof. It should be made of one part of Rosendale cement and three parts clean sand, mixed dry and then with water into a thin mortar
Archive image from page 120 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 DAIRY BUILDIKGS. 115 floor will be sufficient, and forty dollars will be amply sufficient to supply a family cow with every comfort and convenience. The floor should be of cement or brick, or of hard-rammed clay. Wood is the least desirable floor. A cement floor is the best, and if well made it is vermin- proof. It should be made of one part of Rosendale cement and three parts clean sand, mixed dry and then with water into a thin mortar, to which add seven parts of coarse gravel. This should be laid three incbes deep and have a top coat of half an inch of the clear mortar for a finish. A washing with a few pails of water occa- Fig. 14.—STABLE WITH sionally will clean off such a floor and keep it sweet. The safest manner of fastening for a cow is a broad leather strap around the neck, with a ring in it, and a short rope tied into an auger-hole near the top of the front of the trough, having a snap-hook attached to the free end. A plan for a stable to accommodate the family cow and one or two horses, with a poultry-house annexed, and suitable for a modest country residence, is given at fig- ures 14 and 15. The central part comprises two horse
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