. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . rds of cattle, worth thousands of dollarseach. The most valuable cattle are thus apt to be en-dangered. As the loss of a herd is a calamity equallyserious to a working dairyman as to a wealthy amateurfarmer, one of the first objects to secure should be safetyfrom tire, without sacrificing other requisites, as cheap-ness, comfort, convenience and cleanliness. An excellent cow shed, in every way desirable, may be 108 THE DAIBYMAKS MABTUAL. built on the following plan (figure 11), which showsa, complete arrangement, enclosing a squar
. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . rds of cattle, worth thousands of dollarseach. The most valuable cattle are thus apt to be en-dangered. As the loss of a herd is a calamity equallyserious to a working dairyman as to a wealthy amateurfarmer, one of the first objects to secure should be safetyfrom tire, without sacrificing other requisites, as cheap-ness, comfort, convenience and cleanliness. An excellent cow shed, in every way desirable, may be 108 THE DAIBYMAKS MABTUAL. built on the following plan (figure 11), which showsa, complete arrangement, enclosing a square yard, andwhich will be isolated from other buildings. It consistsof thirty-three loose stalls for cows and eight pens forcalves and bull, in the front, on each side of the entrancegate. Each stall is six by eight feet, and separated byboarded partitions four feet high. The shed is nine feethigh in the front, seven feet in the rear, is twelve feetwide, and ninety or 100 feet long. The roof is of frame is made of posts set in the ground, with a two. Fig. 11.—PLAN OF CATTLK SHED. by four inch plate and girders of the same size whereneeded. There is a feed passage leading from a roomin one end (A), for preparing the feed which traversesthe whole length. There is a feed trough in each stall,and a bar or pole is fastened along the whole range ofstalls, eififhteen inches from the top of the front partition,by which the cattle are prevented from approaching thefront too closely, and mounting the feed troughs, or put-ting their feet into them. The cows are kept loose in DAIRY BUILDINGS. 109 the stalls, unless otherwise desired; in which case theycan be fastened to rings screwed to the sides of the cistern, which collects the water from the roof, is madeat B. The front of each stall has a double door, somade that the upper part may be left open for Tentila-tion. Ventilating apertures may be made above eachdoor, for use in cold weather. The sheds are arrangedin a s
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