Dairy Barns Need Good Light... Clean Lamps Often for Best Results I X Y f-J N Y' t vY Yo 1 Y y, x Y J - y4i FAKM UGH J.I.NG DIFKEKS here's barn will, m.sh-.vpe coiling lights. By IRA MILLER Farm Electrification Bureau Good lighting is something that few of us take seriously enough. Maybe we just get accustomed to squinting in poor light. More to the point, however, is the fact that we don't think how much faster and better we could work if there was more light oh our work. Dairy barns, particularly, need proper illumination if farmers are to maintain a high degree of cleanliness cleanli-ness and spot those injuries to cows which might not be discovered otherwise. oth-erwise. Lighting installations are a matter of preference. Some farmers prefer ordinary incandescent bulbs. Others like flush type fixtures, such as those shown above ... or fluorescent fluores-cent lamps, like those in the barn to the right. Whichever type of lamp you install, in-stall, base your selection on getting the most out of your lighting system. Also consider the kind that you will clean regularly. Dust-covered lamps cut down on your ability to see a" well as you should. To help guide farmers in determining their lighting light-ing requirements, the Industry Committee Com-mittee on Interior Wiring Desim has drawn up some worthwhile recommendations. rec-ommendations. Here's what the Com- km; M; ' ' IjHwW i M v YTX Y i Htr yvH if y tV - v.-ixWvX -.,v AiND 11LUE another farmer uses fluorescent lumps. mittee says about dairy barns, for example: Install one lighting outlet for every 2 or 3 stalls on center line of litter alley, or slightly off center if necessary to clear manure loader. In the feed alien, install one lighting outlet every 10 to 15 feet on center line. Wiring installations for each alley should be individually controlled con-trolled by their own wall switches. These recommendations are for incandescent lamps. For fluorescent lamps, the outlets should be located to suit the installation planned. Proper lighting on the job and on the path leading to the job is a form of insurance against accidents that no farmer can be without.