| Show t GOOD DAIRY BARN PAYS FOR ITSELF r poorly Poorly Planned Building Build Heaps i Up Overhead Charges F WELFARE OF COW MUST RULE Fresh Air Aire Light and Cleanliness Are the tho First Considerations Considerations Lessen Ing Burdens of Help Also Highly 1 Important By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of ot building work on the farm tarm for ifor the readers of ot this paper On account account account ac- ac count of ot his wide experience as Editor Author and Manufacturer he ls Is Is without with with- out put doubt the highest authority on all these subjects Address all Inquiries to William A. A Radford No 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago Ill and only two-cent two stam stamp for Cor r reply ply It may be true that gentlemen farmers sometimes their buildings and attain a pleasing archi architectural I effect with the outlay of considerably con con- con considerably more mon money than the genuIne genuIne genuine ine farmer would woul think Justified There should be a happy medium between be- be tween the barn so planned and the thene theone theone one ne which like Topsy has Just A well-planned well dairy barn should not be a building In which every ery effort has been made to make for picturesque effect but In which each detail contributes to the welfare of ot the cows and the arrangements are such as to less lessen n as much as possible pos pos- possible sible that daily problem of the chores I Here Is a roofed gambrel barn shingled and with tile walls with four sets ts of ot stanchions accommodating in all seventy head bead Water bowls serve sere r Aleto Ale r rT T to BC ee 11 barns which the owners consider con- con sider alder sider architecturally perfect ye yet ct which do not nol give ghe the Ule cow the kind kinc kindo o of or ventilation she needs Gutters and floors are naturally o ot of concrete both because of greater pert per per- t and also because of the ease ense with which these mn may be kept clean In la the cow pen lien It might be advisable to lime have a n plank floor laid over ocr the concrete concrete con cun crete for when a D cow drops her cult calf the new arrival IUn may derive advantage from this added provision for tor com com- fort Iron stanchions that swing are now no conceded by most dairymen as ns best for the purpose A short chain at atthe atthe the top and aad the bottom help to o gl the cow the desired freedom of ot m movement move mo n ment It will be observed that that In this tills barn bani provision Is made for a hay m mow w above the dairy y barn floor with the hay being dropped down through h the ha hay chute at the end of ot the feed alley Y This Is after all the most satisfactory way of ot keeping the cows cows' supplied lcd with this daily dally necessity and besides the full ho hay mow ow is not to be de despised I as a factor In keeping the barn comfortable comfortable com cum I for the cows In winter Light Is provided pro In abundance It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a moot question with some as to whether Boss Bossy should not face the light Instead of having her back to it But nut the advantage of ot facing the cows Inward head to head and the ease ense this tills means In the handling of ot fodder litter and keeping the place clean generally generally generally gen gen- commends the latter plan Happily the day Is gone when th the rod lightning was a symbol of nn an easy mark marg While lightning lightning- barns suffered from faulty rod construction construction construction con con- and Installation in the past and caused not only annoyance but destruction the modern dairy dalry barn well well and grounded certainly helps the barn owner to rest at ease when the this lightning comes of ft r r rr rr r y x y r s 6 I i every two cows in 10 section and the mangers parallel the feed alley with Its steel fodder carrier track truck At one end are the cow pen and the bull pen with provision for the hired man atthe atthe at nt the extreme end room and ond a convenient convenient conven COD lent lavatory lavatory that that aid toward cleanly and sanitary service which ought to tob tobe tobe b be considered of prime Importance Importance Importance tance by the dairyman I The litter alleys alles and steel carrier track expedite the placing of ot bedding and the removal of ot litter and drains are placed at the ends of ot the gutters to carry off ort manure liquids and c conserve con conserve con con- n- n serve these probably in a tank for fertilizing distribution later The 12 foot silos flank a feed teed mixing room served by the carrier track to expedite expedite dite dUe the transfer of ot silage to the mangers Good attention has been paid to 01 the ventilating system This Is naturally an Important item It Is not unusual S r I Ig o u n g x D Da Ds Dx s C a x 9 e. e A i i a at 93 U I t |
