Boone County Recorder . OF THE TELEPHONE. AGRICULTURAL HINTS. STABLES FOR COWS. new to Ce>n«;et *inoi» Wlileli CanKaally Ho Kept « one bam In ten thr. Shout thecountry has a propjrly cm struttedstable floor. The cattle are obliged tobe In their own filth. The sides leg*and udders of the cows are in a dirtycondition in the morning and it takesthe greatest care In washing and brush-ing to remove the filth and get the milkout of the stable without its becomingtainted. *-,milking, the movement ofthe udder trill cause the tine particlesof dirt to drop off into the pall. A gut-ter
Boone County Recorder . OF THE TELEPHONE. AGRICULTURAL HINTS. STABLES FOR COWS. new to Ce>n«;et *inoi» Wlileli CanKaally Ho Kept « one bam In ten thr. Shout thecountry has a propjrly cm struttedstable floor. The cattle are obliged tobe In their own filth. The sides leg*and udders of the cows are in a dirtycondition in the morning and it takesthe greatest care In washing and brush-ing to remove the filth and get the milkout of the stable without its becomingtainted. *-,milking, the movement ofthe udder trill cause the tine particlesof dirt to drop off into the pall. A gut-ter behind the cows is objectionable be-cause their tails wiU lie In it and ularge portion of their body is besmearedwith dirt when they rise. Then, too,It la injurious to cows heavy with callto stop down suddenly in movingaround In the stable. The gutter shouldbe enlarged and covered with a gratingof slats on which the cattle can standand yet wide enough apart so that the HOW HAPPINESS COMES.« SofUjr Ollrtaa Wtafcams. manure will fall through. Iron grat-ings sre made expressly for thispurpose, but are too expensiveand a wooden grating may be madeat much less the expense andwill serve the same end. The slatsshould be of hard wood \H inches wide,and the same space between them. Thegrating may be fastened on hinges andraised to take out the manure. An-other bad thing in many stables is theordinary stationary stanchion by whichthe cows are fastened by their Is very hard on the cattle in lyingdown, as it slways holds their headsand necks in one position. They shouldbe discarded for the tie or a swingstanchion fastened by a chain at thebottom and top, too, If possible. Thefloor should always be level and well-bedded and the stables kept dry, cleanand sweet Among the best arranged stables for-eeesfertof-the andconvenience that we know of are thoseof George T. Powell, of Columbiacounty, N. Y„ director of the New Ycrkfarmers Institutes. They are in thebase
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