Archive image from page 109 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 104 THE DAIRYMAN S MAlUAL. manner, it should be double and laid with a gutter in it. The planks are necessarily laid crossing the beams, but to prevent drip into the cellar, and to save all the liquid, the planks should be laid double, with the joints broken. To make the floor in the very best manner, and quite water-tight and most durable, the first one should be well coated with hot tar, and the upper planks laid in this, getting the
Archive image from page 109 of The dairyman's manual; a practical. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy dairymansmanualp01stew Year: 1888 104 THE DAIRYMAN S MAlUAL. manner, it should be double and laid with a gutter in it. The planks are necessarily laid crossing the beams, but to prevent drip into the cellar, and to save all the liquid, the planks should be laid double, with the joints broken. To make the floor in the very best manner, and quite water-tight and most durable, the first one should be well coated with hot tar, and the upper planks laid in this, getting the joints filled with the tar. A . 'i:Sgfj;:mii>fi Fig. 10.—PLAN OF STANDING FLOOR. floor so laid will last for twenty years, or three times as long as any other. It is a good plan to give a plank floor a coat of whitewash under and on the top once a year, as the lime prevents decay. A floor thus treated would probably remain sound as long as the rest of the building. Such a plank floor should slope the same as any other, excepting that the gutter may be level, as the manure will be emptied through trap-doors into the cel- lar below. The manure is easily removed by drawing it forward to the doors with a broad hoe, when it falls, without further trouble. The plan of a stable floor is shown at flgure 10. The next matter of importance is the yard. A yard must be roomy. For twenty-five cows, half an acre is
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