Show Fine Dalr Dairy Barns Being Con Con- Three new dairy barns are being built in Duchesne county this fall faU Alma Poulson and Sons are building building building build build- ing a barn to house 18 cows on their ranch north of Duchesne This barn will have a cement foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation and mangers will be covered covered covered cover cover- ed with asphalt as M. M Poulson feels that this will be moe comfortable comfortable comfortable com com- for the cows if not as durable durable durable dur dur- dur- dur able as cement The barn will be 32 feet wide and 40 feet long In one toner coner there will be an engine room for the milking machine plant used by Mr Poulson and his boys The side walls of the barn will be 8 feet high and constructed from sawed logs in stockade fash fash- ion The roof will be a pitch shingle roof Le Roy Goodrich of Roosevelt is building a similar barn as is Sherman Young of Roosevelt Leo Bennion of Duchesne reports that he has been tying his cows in their stanchions at night for the last 3 0 o 4 weeks Mr Benton Bennion Bennion Ben Ben- nion ton says that when it is cold enough to freeze ice it is time the cows wee in their stanchions at night Mr Bennion repots that stabling stabling stabling ing his cows at night pays because he ge gets 3 more milk He says I turned them out for two o or three nights nights and found that it affected adversely their production next morning from 5 to 8 per cent Cows properly sheltered take less feed than cows without shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter Cows properly sheltered produce produce produce pro pro- duce more butterfat than cows without shelter Cows properly sheltered are more easily cared for forthan forthan forthan than cows without shelter County Extension Agent |