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Show FOR COMFORT OF THE COWS In No Division of Farm Work Are Direct Di-rect Effects of Good or Bad Treatment Treat-ment Seen Quicker. (By J. H. FRANDESOK.) Only a few years ago the average dairyman gave the sanitary stall little consideration and used any method of housing his cows which best suited bis individual Ideas. He troubled little about the condition of the cow at ids View of Good 8anltary Stall. Nots tht Slope Toward the Gutter. milking time so long as the gave ' plenty of milk. A great many of the Old dairy barns are built so that It is Impossible to keep cows clean In them. Many systems have been tried for fastening cows to secure sanitary milk. Ties, rigid and swinging stanchions, stanch-ions, stalls, and the open shed system have been resorted to and are still being used. The method of fastening fasten-ing dairy cows which best meets the demands of the dairy and pure food laws Is the stall. But this must be sanitary to be a success. There are many and varied styles of stalls, several of which are good. It is best to select such a stall as will give comfort to both the cow and milker. The construction should be irJfF9 g ff""?""' Front View of a Modern Sanitary and J Comfortable Swinging Stanchion. ( ffii to permit good 'light Tin the stall. It should be built of such material ma-terial and in such a way as will leave only a minimum space on which dust can collect. Solid wooden stall par-titions par-titions are yery objectionable because be-cause they obstruct light and collect a large amount of dust There are many different kinds ot stanchions and various other ways of tying cows now In use. Many of these are comparatively com-paratively free from objections. The new builder, however, should carefully investigate some of the best types of swinging stanchions now on the market. mar-ket. These are being Installed with much satisfaction in many of the moat modern barns. In behalf of the swinging stanchions it can be said that they give the cow considerable freedom, free-dom, and yet are sufficiently rigid so that practically all the manure Is dropped into the gutter, thus keeping keep-ing the cows clean and reducing the labor of barn cleaning to the minimum. min-imum. Dealers In manufactured stalls and stanchions report that. Judging from the vast number of Inquiries regarding regard-ing thoiB, there has been a great awakening among dairymen all over the country. These Inquiries relate to the best swing stanchion stall, and which Is better, a stall or a stanchion. Before purchasing any of the patented pat-ented animal fasteners on the market, mar-ket, the farmer should consider the sanitary and humanitarian principles Involved In the construction of these ties. Study them for principle, not alone for economy. Of course, economy econ-omy should be considered, but It should not be placed above the consideration con-sideration of the welfare of the cow; the should always receive due consideration consid-eration and In turn she will reward her owner. A high priced patented stall Is not a necessity, and It the farmer will tarefully study the principles involved in the construction ot stalls, be may make a stall at home that Is the equal ot many of the patented stalls, and In many ways more satisfactory. Some sf our most prominent dairymen are ostng stalls which were made from Instructions In stall construction sent out by various state experiment stations, sta-tions, in preference to many of the i patented stalls. I |