Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . 58 RADFORDS PRACTICAL A Model Cow Barn—A158 The size of this cow stable is thirty-eightfeet six by one hundred and forty-two feetand it has a capacity for housing fifty-twocows. It was designed very carefully toprovide every comfort for a herd of thor-oughbred Guernseys. The mangers are also connected withthe sewer so that the cows may be wateredin the manger and the surplus water im-mediately drawn off. A space of two feet high between thestudd
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . 58 RADFORDS PRACTICAL A Model Cow Barn—A158 The size of this cow stable is thirty-eightfeet six by one hundred and forty-two feetand it has a capacity for housing fifty-twocows. It was designed very carefully toprovide every comfort for a herd of thor-oughbred Guernseys. The mangers are also connected withthe sewer so that the cows may be wateredin the manger and the surplus water im-mediately drawn off. A space of two feet high between thestudding of the outer walls is filled in with. EZD The entire floor is made of concrete, in-cluding manger and manure drains whichcarry the liquid manure back to the ma-nure pits. They are also connected withthe sewer drain so that the wash waterfrom flooding the floors can be carriedaway to a safe distance. concrete and troweled smooth with acurve at the floor line to leave no chancefor the collection of filth to favor thebreeding of disease germs Gas piping isused for stalls set firmly in the stall is finished with individualwrought iron hay racks made to swing up. BARN PLANS 59
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