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Show BAN ON BOX MANGERS. I Dairy Barns Now Being Built With out Them. Thcro nro many farmers who do not approvo of tho use of box mnngors. I Tho best dairy hams nro now built without them. It hns been realized I that thoy aro not only nu unnecessary encumbrnnco but often they nro ex-tromoly ex-tromoly dangerous. Tho box monger can not ho kept clean It hinders vcntllntlon nnd It prcvcntB tho row ' from feeding In her natural position With small cornet u and tall sides ' tho box can not ho satisfactorily I swopt nor clcnnoc! of the odd scraps I of food which collect This account- i latlng dirt nnd dust becomes .moldy nnd rotten, and attracts (lies and rats, It Is further harmful, In that It bu- comes gradually eaten by tho cow nnd Is hnrmful to her. Tho box ninngcr ' nffords a roosting placo for chlckons, ' whoso dropping! hecomo mixed with I tho cow's feed, with Injurious effects. Bweeplng or shoveling the waste material ma-terial from tho manger does not thoroughly thor-oughly clonn tho box, but removes only thu very largest pieces of dirt, tho small pnrtlclcH nnd dust romnlu-Ing romnlu-Ing blng nblo to do ns much harm as thu lnrgor ones. |