Show Good o Dairy all Barn errs 1 if Properly Built Is Good Investment for or ors the Farm arm V s a r I By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD D Mr William A A. Radford will answer questions and Rive IYe advice FREE OF COST on all problems ms pertaining t to the subject t of ot building work on the farm for the readers of this paper On ac account account ac ac- count of ot his wide experience as aa editor author and und manufacturer ho Is without without with with- out nut doubt the tho highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to WIlliam Wil wn- William liam A A. Hadford ladford No 1827 Prairie avenue avenue ave ave- nue Chicago o Illy and on only 1 two-cent two stamp to for foi reply A modern modem dull dairy with Its silo tHo and yard demands fully as ns careful planning planning planning plan plan- ning as the farmhouse and Its att attendant attendant attend attend- nd- nd ant buildings Just as the farmhouse must serve r e its o occupants the whole year car through so does the dairy barn barb serve ser the her herd day b by da day for tor even cn In summer its care adds to the thc ever pres ever pres ent chor chores s. s A dairy barn harn cannot be bought like mee so fO many yards ards of gingham or like the lumber for a Ii fence It must be carefully carefully care care- fully planned with the Ule requirements of or time the herd In view lew likewise for the cutting dO down of at unnecessary labor All Ail the modern developments In sanitation which mean so much to the farmer in inthe Inthe inthe the profitable production and sale of t dairy products must be considered and followed to lo the best of the builders builder's builders builder's builders builder's build build- ers er's ability Light Is equally as as' as Important Im tm- us as cleanliness and proper ventilation and drainage not drainage not only ea ease e eup up the work but keep the Ule herd In a condition which removes nn any particular lar lag worry over sickly or unhealthy cows I Of or course stalls mangers ers gutters alleys and pens are Ie nowadays s 's standardized standardized standardized stand stand- units which can con be installed In any barn regardless ss of at Its st style Ie and size But our object Is the planning planning plan plan- ning of a particular barn as a u whole like the one Illustrated This one was carefully located with reference to the tile other buildings of the tho farm u It was placed a a distance nce of feet teet from the house and In a n direction l It from Crom the direct blow of or hrit summer winds This left leU th the open open yard hard running across the south and amI east cast e st angle with the barns barn's long u axis ls north and south fouth By this moans means sunlight ht was inveigled Into the stalls as much as possible The ceiling ceiling- height Is 8 4 feet teet and the well proportioned cd gambrel roof gives Ives fine hay storage space above Tile The width of or th taw tho main structure Is 3 30 feet ft tho the length over all Is 04 94 feet teet and aud two rows of or stalls run lengthwise of at the barn As a general rule rute It Il will willbe be he found that the width of ot a n dairy barn Is li best kept between 32 and 38 feet This Tills width makes the tile framing less an expense e than It otherwise might be and with a 0 greater greate r- r l t a T 4 f C Co Ct J Ci i o r t 0 width the storage e of or hay becomes more unsatisfactory and the light Is cut off oft from the inside to a great ex ex- tent Of Ot course the objection to width does not apply to length This latter lutter dimension can cau be made to fit the herd requirements and the thc barn burn even en carried carried carried car car- ried around nd In an nn L or U shape to give Ive Ivea a more sheltered d yard Observe e that the cows face a n central central cen cen- feed alley equipped with filth steel carrier carrier carrier car car- rier tracks This gives entrance b by two doors and lessens the dan danger er of ot crowding In and out ont there is better hetter light for milking the thc gutters get the tile sanitation value of sunlight ht and anet t the c ventilating system does docs not sent any particular pt problem In n order to function satisfactorily The Tho ho Utter litter nn alleys ys have IIa steel carrier tracks which make this part of c the chor chores s something some serne something thing taken care care of or easily eally and with S d dispatch The rhe stalls are 3 feet teet 6 S Inches wide the length len th of stall platform from rom curb to gutter Is 4 4 feet feetS S Inches Th The mangers mangers mangers man man- gers can be of or wood mood or concrete concrete concrete con con- crete and of ot a st style lc width and ond height which which- discourage a bossy hossy from too much f feed d into JIto the th alley The drinking troughs troughs' each tack serve s-ene two cows Adjoining are arc cow pen bull pen and calf pens peas The Thc latter are necessary at nt calving time Ume and aud might serve ser with with th the cow pen as a hospital when cows arc sick Or bossy may amy be segregated for forthe forthe forthe the IJ purpose of te testing on milk mille and butter yield over oyer overa a 1 certain period The floor Is of at concrete with wILh wood block or cork brick standing platform Drains serve the bottom of at each mall manger cr and gutter leading lending out to a n concrete concrete manure receiving pit pa |