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Show THE CLEAN BARNYARD. It Is Absolutely Essential to the Production Pro-duction of Pure Milk. The hnrnyard is a considerable factor fac-tor In the maintaining of good dairy conditions. It Is Impossible with a dirty hnrnyard to maintain good dairy conditions. This is because the barnyard barn-yard Is used every day, nnd If It Is contaminated the cows also will bo contaminated nnd the air also In the vicinity of the 'barn will be contaminated. contam-inated. The necessity for keeping the barnyard barn-yard clenn Is now so well recognized that 110 one thinks of trying to produce pro-duce the best or milk without having a barnyard thot Is also clean. liven uuderdralnlng has been resorted to, to give the necessary conditions or cleanliness. The clean baruynrd does not have llrty water standing In It. lt Is so well drained that the water Is drawn iff us fast as It comes down In the 'orm of rnln. Tho shorter the period (luting which water Is In the barn-fnrd barn-fnrd the less plant food will It carry off because tho less time will It have In which to dissolve the fertilizing materials. lt has been found that In barn yards on quite heavy clay the drans should bo laid under the fences along tho side of tho barnyard. Otherwise the animals tramp the clay hard over tho tile and mnko It Impossible for the wnter to net down to lt. Some farmers are going to the extent ex-tent of paving their barnyards with different materials that will not hi come muddy when the rnln falls. Some use cinders and some coarse gravel-In gravel-In some experimental barnyards cement has been used ns a basis. |