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Show Barn Floor of Wood. A cow barn floor of wood may be made effective: (1) If care is taken to saw or fine ax the edges of the boards before laying in order that the joints may be close and not admit of percolation of fluids; (2) if the timbers tim-bers are soaked in hot tar before laying, lay-ing, or if the joints are grouted with tar and sand so making the floor watertight. wa-tertight. There should be no space underneath the board floor. A fall of about one inch or one and one-half inches in the length of the " stall, toward the gutter at the rear, should be given. |