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Show V , NEAT CATTLE QUARTERS. I BBBBBJ JJow to Improve Olil-Fnuhtoned Dairy A. BBBBBBF Hum Tlu-Ups. Psl Tnc 0!lt'e quarters iu most, of .tljo wfe 'A "barns sdniur time buHt'nro dbjeption'n- ?; Wtf bW fqr xthe following jeusoiis: The dltl, W stiff staqchlons are generally in uso,- I depriving.' the cows pi proper cpmfprt. I The platforjii pnnvhiclitjj'ci cattio,fet,T.nd ( J ' i8 not high enough to itcop their flfcnks I' out of the (1roppiugir,'iior is there a' I gutter in the rear to hold the solid and I liquid manure, the-floor usually being I so open that all the liquid runs to waste , I the best part of the dressing. There I in also no walk behind the cows, but I ,mo must pick hui way tlirough the I manure a filthy condition of things. I I I- i w ; eh -m I no i. I It is useless to talk to the average farm- I cr whose barn is in thin shape of what . ought to be done, if "what ought to be I done" involves the building of new I cattle quarters. It is, therefore, more I sensible to plan how.these old "tie-ups" I may be made more scrvicwib'le, 'with I some simple interior alterations. With I this end in view, two illustrations are - given herewith, the first showing tho I arrangement of the old-fashioned cattle I ""stalls, 6 bo found' so-frequently at the I present day, and the other a remodeled I I -version of it. In tho latter it will be I seen that the platform has been raised I . 'and moved forward, bringingthe cattle's I' heads up to the side of the feeding iloor, I a part of the partition being hinged I to let down, so as to form a crib for hay. I Uprights four, or more inches apart I ' C ZL JJ fll yaV I - rnw OB "" 25 ' I J-.- FIG 2 I keep the hay from coming down under I the cattle's feet. Chains for the neck I , lake the place of stiff stanchions. A I raised walk in the rear is added, room I belug afforded between this and the I platform for a manure gutter, which I should be lined with cement. A feed , I box for grain, roots or ensilage slips in I from the fecding-fioor like a draw, und I , can be removed when empty. This plan I looks. to the saving of all the manure I and to the greater comfort of the cows I and those -who have to care for thorn, : I while tlie changes that would have to ' I be made to secure these advantages ' I would bo inexpensive. With the changes ! I suggested ouglit to be mentioned ulso j I the need in tho average old-fashioned j I barn of more windows to let in light I I and sunshine. X. Y. Tribune. |