. Country life reader . l thesame that Ill knock a few windows in our cow stable;and perhaps next year, if times get a Httle better, we canafford a cement floor in our stable, too. There was one thing more that Mr. Jones might haveadded—that Dick Bingham wouldnt put up with a dirty,muddy barn-yard, or dirty stables either, for that so the Dexter barn-yard was cleaned up and keptclean, and if Dexter had come back to live in the place, hemight have put away his top-boots that he had to wearso as to wade through the mire and filth of his own stableyard. When Dick had finished making hi
. Country life reader . l thesame that Ill knock a few windows in our cow stable;and perhaps next year, if times get a Httle better, we canafford a cement floor in our stable, too. There was one thing more that Mr. Jones might haveadded—that Dick Bingham wouldnt put up with a dirty,muddy barn-yard, or dirty stables either, for that so the Dexter barn-yard was cleaned up and keptclean, and if Dexter had come back to live in the place, hemight have put away his top-boots that he had to wearso as to wade through the mire and filth of his own stableyard. When Dick had finished making his improvements,one part of the barn-yard was roofed over, and the groundbeneath was covered with good straw litter, but the rest 292 COUNTRY LIFE READER of the yard was drained and packed hard, so that evenin the muddiest weather the ground was clean and dry. When the Binghams bought the Dexter place they tookover the machinery and the Hve stock, and a few weeksafter they had taken possession they offered some of Dex-. A sanitary and conveniently arranged dairy barn. ters cattle for sale. Mrs. Jones bought one of the cowsat a bargain, as she thought; but if she had known DickBinghams real reason for selHng it, she would have thoughta good deal less of her purchase. The farmers of the dis-trict as a rule were content to take their dairy herds as theyfound them, and they had no means of knowing whethera particular cow was paying them or not; but Dick tookmeasures to test each cows milk and keep a record of it;and those cows whose record was low were at once soldand replaced by good, paying milkers. MAKING THE DAIRY-FARM PAY 293 So far, in the opinion of Dick and his father, everythinghad gone well. They now had a good stable and barn-yard and a good dairy herd, and they had no difficulty infinding a market for their produce. The only thing thatstill remained for them to do was to provide for the properfeeding of the cattle. When Mr. and Mrs. Jones hap-pened in, one evening in N
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