Archive image from page 122 of The dairyman's manual a. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm dairymansmanualp88stew Year: 1888 DAIRY BUILDINGS. 117 mortised and pinned at the top to plates upon which rafters are laid, and where necessary girders are spiked to the posts. A feed trough is fastened to each inner row of posts, and a hay rack is fixed above each trough ; the passage between the rows of posts is used for the purpose of drawing fodder in a dart or wagon. The spaces be- tween the inner posts form roomy stalls for the cattle,
Archive image from page 122 of The dairyman's manual a. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm dairymansmanualp88stew Year: 1888 DAIRY BUILDINGS. 117 mortised and pinned at the top to plates upon which rafters are laid, and where necessary girders are spiked to the posts. A feed trough is fastened to each inner row of posts, and a hay rack is fixed above each trough ; the passage between the rows of posts is used for the purpose of drawing fodder in a dart or wagon. The spaces be- tween the inner posts form roomy stalls for the cattle, if desired, and if cows are kept the posts may be placed seven feet apart, and double stalls holding two cows each may be made. A tight roof is made overhead, and the gables and part of the sides and ends may be closed in; or the whole may be closed in and turned into a roomy Fig. 17.—CHEAP cow STABLE. and comfortable stable. The author has a shed of this kind on his farm in western North Carolina. It is found most convenient for the stock, and for storing hay and fodder in the upper part, which is four feet high at the eaves. The roof is made half pitch and consequently gives a large storage space on the upper floor. It is used for milking cows and feeding stock cattle in the winter. The cattle are tied by short ropes around the horns. In a timber country a shed of this kind may be built for about one dollar per running foot. A Very Cheap Cow Stable for a rural cottage is
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