. 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 wbicli 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 shute 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 sloping front of glazed sash. The P^oj PICS. cow. i . cs w -J 2 < CO ^ [ °- 1 _ d: 1 STA Fig. 15.—PLAN OF STABLE WITH POULTRT-HO
. 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 wbicli 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 shute 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 sloping front of glazed sash. The P^oj PICS. cow. i . cs w -J 2 < CO ^ [ °- 1 _ d: 1 STA Fig. 15.—PLAN OF STABLE WITH POULTRT-HOCSE. roosts are shown in the engraving by the three bars in eacli 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.—oPE^r cow sked. 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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