Show PAYS FOR ITSELF poorly planned building heaps up overhead charges WELFARE OF COW MUST RULE fresh air light and cleanliness are the th first considerations lessening burdens of help also highly important by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr william A rt adford will answer auest lons and give five advice FREE OF 01 COST on all subjects pertaining to the abject of building work on the farm or the read readers ra of this paper on account of his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is without doubt the highest authority on all these subjects address all inquiries to william illiam A radford Rad tord no 1827 1927 prairie avenue chicago iii III a and nd only two cent stampford stamp for reply it may be true that gentlemen farmers sometimes over plan their buildings and attain atkaln it a pleasing architectural tec tural effect with the outlay of con older ably more money than the genuine farmer would think justified there should be a happy medium between the barn so planned and the one which like topsy has just A well planned dairy barn should not be a building in which every effort has been made to make for picturesque effect but in which each detail contributes to the welfare of the cows and the arrangements are such as to lessen as much as possible that dally problem of the chores here Is a gambrel roofed barn shingled and with tile walls with four sets beta of stanchions accommodating in all seventy head bead water bowls serve 7 e every t two 0 cows in elicit section and the mangers parallel the feed alley with its steel fodder carrier track at one end are the cow pen and the bull pen with provision tor for the hired roan man at the extreme end room and a convenient lavatory that aid toward cleanly and sanitary service which ought to be always considered of prime importance by the dairyman dal ryman the litter alleys and steel carrier track expedite the placing of hedding and the removal of litter and drains are placed at the ends of the gutters to carry off manure liquids and conserve these probable in a tank for fertilizing distribution later the 12 foot silos allos flank a teed feed mixing room served by the carrier track to expedite the transfer of silage to the mangers good attention has been paid to tile the ventilating system this Is naturally an important item it Is not unusual I 1 4 X a D I 1 1 I c 9 A U U 0 to au barns which the ow owners ners consider architecturally perfect yet which do not give the cow the kind of ventilation she needs gutters and floors are naturally of concrete both because of greater per mit neacy and also because of the ease with which these may be kept clean in the cow pen it might be advisable to have a plank floor laid 0 oer er the concrete for when a cow drops her cali calf the he new arrival may derive advantage from this added provision for confort iron stanchions that swing owing are now conceded by most dairymen as best for the purpose A short chain at the top and thell the bottom ottom help to give the cow the desired freedom of move ment it will be observed that in this barn provision Is made tor for a hay bay mow above tile the dairy barn floor with the liay hay being dropped down don through the hay bay chute at the end of the teed feed alley this Is after all the most satisfactory way of keeping the rows cows supplied with this dally daily necessity and besides the full hay mow Is not to be despised as a factor in keeping the barn com fort atilt for the cows in winter light Is provided in abundance it Is 18 a moot question with some as to whether bossy should not face the light instead of having her back to it but the advantage of facing the cows inward head to head and the ease this means in the handling of 0 fodder litter and keeping the place clean generally commends the latter plan happily the day Is gone when the rod was a symbol of an baay easy mark while lightning barns suffered from faulty rod construction st and installation in the past and caused not only annoyance but destruction the modern dairy barn well and grounded certainly helps the barn owner to rest at ease case when uben the lightning comes |