Show 1 f Warm Home for fot Dairy Cows Cows' Helps ri Maintain Milk Production in Winter f. f A A. I 1 t i I y j q- q I i 0 1 Ii Y I 10 f i cz ti p 4 1 i S 'S II t O 4 IT r i V J J t t I II I- I f I b f I if I Ic OLI 1 r rS S I Di I I th a H 4 D O 99 9 l 9 d' d j f N. N kI L fH f H t cr- I rc c Ei L I. I i- i i pA I- I f 4 i F-i wd t 1 I l I T 0 IJ r j Floor Plan I By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer Questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building work ork on the farm I or the readers of this paper On account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is IB without without with with- out DUt doubt the highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William William Wil Wil- liam A. A Radford No 1827 1821 Prairie avenue avenue ave aye nue Chicago IlL and only two two- cent stamp for reply Comfortable cows are productive cows Wb When n winter comes and the cows are cold the milk flow decreases The feed teed given the tho cows goes to make body heat beat Instead of ot milk When the cows are housed so that they will willbe willbe willbe be protected from t the e cold their feed makes milk Well housed cows are profitable j th those se that are In ramshackle ram- ram shackle buildings are not Modern Mod rn dairy barns are considered the most Important of ot the dairy farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's equipment These barns are designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to Insure comfort for tor the cows The bun buildings dings are weather tight They have plenty of ot windows to admit sun sun- light A ventilating system supplies the animals with fresh tresh air and takes the foul toul air out of ot the stables Water Vater Is available at all nil times Then too toor the barns are equipped so that that the work of t feeding milking a and d caring for the animals can cati be done with the minimum amount of ot labor A round-roof round dairy barn that con contains con can all nIl the features of ot the modern dairy barn Is the Illustration This barn la is designed to house 20 cows 8 of ot them In single stanchions and the others in in pens The barn Is IsSO IsSO SO 86 feet wide vIde and 44 feet long It Is Is set on a n concrete foundation arid ami has hns hasa a concrete floor In the stable The balance of the building Is of of frame construction the shape of the roof providing more than the ordinary amount of pf room In the tho mow mow- where the roughage for forthe the animals Is stored The floor plan shows how the stable is equipped Through Through the center renter of the building Is a feeding alle alley 0 feet 6 a Inches wide This Is Is' Is large enough to permit a wagon to to be driven the building between the stall head A concrete manger monger on either cither side of the alley holds the feed for forthe forthe forthe the cows In ILO n the stanchions The stall partitions are of steel which makes for cleanliness Jack Back of the stalls are concrete gutters gutters gutters gut gut- which makes the removal of manur manur ma- ma nur nurA more simple Overhead Is a n carnet carrier car car- I net rier track on which runs the litter car car- carI I rier ner The track extends out of ot the i building so that the manure can be removed directly to the manure pile pUe IT Sri manure pit or be dumped Into the the manure spreader with 0 a a- single han dung The windows admit the sunshine sun sun- sunshine sun sunshine shine that helps keep the bull building dIng san san- A modern system of ot ventilation n It U Included In the equipment of ot this build build- ing The suction ven ventilator lator on the roof root Is connected with four tour air lr outlets and draws t the bad air from the bull building ding Th The bad air all Is replaced by fresh air admitted by the fresh tresh air Inlets and Introduced d Into the stable so that there are no drafts on the animals Another Another An An- other Installation that Is found In Inmany Inmany In Inmany many dairy barns is a water s system stem with water bowls at each stall These supply the cows with a constant supply supply supply sup sup- ply of ot fresh water At the far tar end of the building Is Is a D asilo asilo silo that houses the fresh feed teed that the cows cow's cows need n-eed to supplement the grain and roughage they receive In the win win- ter The TIle silo Is connected with the barn by a feed room where the ensilage ensilage en en- silage Is put Into the feed carrier and the other feeds are mixed Hay Is thrown from the manger through the hay bay chute shown on the plan by dotted lines IInes This Is the sort of ot a building that has made dairy farming the profitable business that It Is The highest sf product product prod prod- product possible Is secured from the cows o winter and summer |