Show I I NE NEW W BARN PLANS FOR DAIRY COWS Designed for Farmers Having Having Haying Hav Hay ing Less Than 6 G Animals New plans have been designed by bythe bythe the agricultural engineer working with the dairy extension office at the North Carolina State college by which cow stalls and stanchions of lumber maybe maybe may maybe be built at home by those who wl wish h to remodel old barns to house bouse I dah-I cattle The plans have been designed In response response re re- 4 to many requests from persons persons per per- sons having a few cows and no place to keep them U Using these plans barns bams stables or sheds shed may be made ry t sanitary and convenient for handling a 8 small dairy herd berd A. A T T. T Holman agricultural en engineer y who desi designed ned the new lIew plans says they are intended for the small producer produce r having ha less than six cows This class Includes the family cows and the small herds from which sour cream Is sold f The plans are not recommended for those in II the dairy business and producing pro milk on a comparatively large Ik scale As explained by Mr Tolman r the plans show three complete stanchions stan chions and cow stalls Including the feeding alley man manger er platform gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter and rear walkway Everything E Is Isto Isto isto to be built of lumber except the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of the gutter which is of con concrete crete Mr says sas one of the best features of the now set of ot plans Is th the thelow thelow low cost of construction Only one sack ck of c cement nt and about board feet of lumber are needed to build stanchions and stall for three cows The average cost of the materials used should be around 3 for one cow The designs are simple permitting any farmer handy with tools to do his own work |