. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. â¢2()0 HAIUY FAKMlXa. land at tlio jioint wlicre it is inteiulcil to lie made use of by cattle, it becomes necessary to cut out a portion of soil so as to lay the drain bare at that jwint. In Fisj. 89 we o^ivc a diagram representing the soil cut out and. Fig. 89.ââ Wateiusg PLACE. paving-stones laid down on both sides of the drain, forming a sloping path down to the water from either side. In Fig. 90 we give a diagram representing the one side only as sloped out. In Fig. 90.âWatering-
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. â¢2()0 HAIUY FAKMlXa. land at tlio jioint wlicre it is inteiulcil to lie made use of by cattle, it becomes necessary to cut out a portion of soil so as to lay the drain bare at that jwint. In Fisj. 89 we o^ivc a diagram representing the soil cut out and. Fig. 89.ââ Wateiusg PLACE. paving-stones laid down on both sides of the drain, forming a sloping path down to the water from either side. In Fig. 90 we give a diagram representing the one side only as sloped out. In Fig. 90.âWatering-place. this case the water is kept cleaner than in the other, because the cattle cannot easily get into it with their feet, but it has the disadvantage of offering those facilities for goring each other that cattle are seldom slow to take advantage of, for the way into it is the way out of it. In the former instance the cattle can go in at one side and out at the other, and so escape the more easily from the spiteful attacks of their companions. They soon learn, however, to watch their opportunity for getting a drink in peace, so the question of deciding on which of the two forms of watering-place we shall adopt resolves itself mainly into a choice between keeping the water clean always and allowing it to become filthy at times. If the former. Fig. 90 will be the one adopted ; if the latter, Fig. S9. The cost in each case will be so nearly the same that it need scarcely influence the choice at all. In either case the slope should be " ribbed," so as to prevent the cattle slipping as they go down to drink. In draining wet land sufficient Avater is commonly found to form, in the main-drain at the lower end of the lickl, a watering-place of the kind we are speaking of, and os])ccially so if a spring or two be struck by the drains; but as the weakest link determines the strength of the chain, so it will not always be safe to rely in hot, dry wi'Mtlicr on a siii)ply o
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