Show M V fl AND 1 E N IN THE DAIRY STABLE ai r come n I 1 I 1 of if IA ilima r und tr grimli Is it at 1 aco tit t vann L II 11 adams superintendent of the farin millu the tlc alc following follows fol lown iton oil the arriba os of tile tl culp and methods of tym at one of all wisconsin fa farmers institutes TIL ne sia we have had experience in fit evenal Ine methode thoIs of tying it at tile the station nn bat havu hava given given anch success as cw t i fanchion tan chion there are opponents to th system of faggen fastening in cat cuttle tic but n all 11 considered consi Jered I 1 know ickow of nothing no iliin t to ri alaf aln to r tile lie stanchions with at the prent pre nt aln fn the nia floor represented in fit tile alio di agnini i the lauio as the one fai use rise lit itt I 1 ih tic eal rl i ment station farm farin arid lius ila bew bei fit three bears ears in putting this m mii our stable we ve tool took out a HI with a 4 inch drop behind the hie cow iz i was unsatisfactory our cows wu I 1 set get dirty in spite of a liberal libs ril this matter knutter of bedding is it 1 l point ila alii t we ill jaust list spend thought upon if we s j ii to cut down tile expenses of dairying dui with the flour floor represented here tit ere iq ii no i absolute necessity of using lising b bedding ed gitig for the salco of cleanliness there his haq not been a forkful of straw litter of ana kind hind put on that eliat floor in three years tune time and there is not it t tig tag of manure on oil the flank of one of tilt the cattle this floor is six feet wide andee and we can drive i ight in with a team and wagon aud anil to lo rl id the biannie ini innie from tile the gutters on of 1 either side directly into the wagon tins this floor that the animal i stands upon is ia about fifty wide wae this waiter watering tl bugli is madlof of two chinks one tesi ter inched wide and the other twelve spiked an aind 1 the bottom of 0 the trough is on a level with thy the floor on which the cattle catte stand the troi ili h hasan hiis an incline ff ja B W MOOR AD A D WATERING TROUGH I 1 IN STALLE STABLE of one inch to every twenty feet which is to carry the water entering ente zing this tha end nd to the other there is is all 1111 outlet nt at the other en eni end I to which the water runs rang af after ter the cattle hai liae e finished drinking feed is given g aien to the animals it ii this same line trough the drop is twelve inches from the slats down to the bottom whatever urine is on this floor KIPS ties right through and is taken ill ui with nil 1111 absorbent that is thrown between the joists foists which support this floor the solid part of tile the excrement is left r long in thi drop A cow in urinating will drop the water farther forward forwar tl than slit will tile solid part of oc the manure 0 ho o thit that in cleaning cl out it is not difficult if the mancie is out here foran i borbe we use iise horse manure the horse stands over the cows aud and I 1 tin ill manure is ii pushed through a hole laii down into the basement stable rr c tile the cows stand and distributed distribute I rion these gutters arid it takes up the I 1 liquid aqui and keeps alie manure of the farm 2111 together where it goes out ac as I 1 have explained the urine passes through thebe beats blats you can readily see how ilic tit cow lies down on a dry do floor when questioned on the rise of bedding sir mr adams adalis said lie would prefer to bave ve the cows bedded where there was tin the material for it but many dairymen dairy mei utilize the waste products of tile farin so closely that they do not have material tor for bedding baddin |