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Show STABLE VENTILATION. Best Methods of Getting Fresh Air to the Stock. Undoubtedly tho King syntcin ot ventilation Is the most perfect, but In I, . n 1 i somo cases It may EtX-h-JIU prove too clabo- Iff ruto or expensive. - y Mr. V. E. Fuller's ' 7 i ' "illffuslon aystom" .. , j Is reconimendod strongly In the Practical Dairy- num. This Is on I j the order of tho muslin front ot I the poultry house - -TF-' J and that certain-ly certain-ly has become tho order of tho day In tho poultry world. Mr. Fuller sayB: A proper amount of light and muslin mus-lin to each cow Is three square foot of tho former and two square foot of the latter. Tho best muslin Is "4" muslin mus-lin that Is, 4& ynrds to tho pound. A heavy muslin has not Biifllclont nicslioB nnd does not answer tho pur-poso pur-poso as well as the one recommended. If there are enough windows In tho barn, tho best plan Is to tnko out tho lower sash ot every window or every other ono, according to the number, and In place of the removed sash, tack on tho muslin. This Is best dono by tnklng It on n frame which Just fits tho window, or It mny be tacked at tho sides, bottom and top of the window nnd clents put on to mnke It firm. Utll-Izo Utll-Izo tho windows on tho south sldo, by preforenco. Wo must boar In mind thnt wo cannot can-not afford to sacrifice the light for tho ventilation; and thot any window that lias tho muslin shcot is not so light as whore It Is all glass, If thcro aro not enough windows In tho barn to Justify using half of each for tho muslin, and It 1b n wooden hnrn, cut holes through tho sldownlls of the requisite dimensions dimen-sions and tnck on the muslin. Hear in mind thnt, whatever you do In providing provid-ing this ventilation, you must have three square feet of glass and two square foot of muslin per cow. If your barn Is a bank barn nnd you havo no other means of getting ventilation, cut tho holes In tho celling nnd tnck' on your muslin. Of course you will not want It to run up Into your hay. A great many barns nro ventilated by tnklng tho nlr near tho celling up into tho liny loft and distributing It through a chute Into tho hay mow, thoroby vory often saturating tho hay with noxloiiB gases. If tho cows aro suffering from somo contagious dls-caso, dls-caso, such as tuberculosis or abortion,, tho gorms nro cnrrlcd Into nnd lodgo on tho hay fed to farm animals. Tho muslin window systom will not cost more, than from two to threo cents per cow. I havo seen a grent ranny bnms ventilated In this way, and tho results nro astonishing. I have seen it beneficially used oven whero tho King system was Installed, In inrts of tho barn whore It was damp. 'I havo seen It in stables in tho depth of winter where tho thermometer wont 40 degrees below zero, nnd yet water did not freezo In tho barn. It makes Iho barn dry, maintains an oven tonv pcrnturo, keeps tho air sweet, removes noxious gases nnd Is a great aid to tho health of tho cow. If your windows aro built with two sashes In one casing (d) and it Is necessary to open olthor tho uppor or lower sush to got more nlr Into tho barn, you will find that It often causes a direct draught on tho cows. A better bet-ter plan Is to hlngo tho uppor sash (a) .so that It will fall Inward from tho top. Have fastened at each sldo of the upper window framo n triangular pleco of board (b) with a cleat on tho edge against which tho sash can rest whon open. This should bo about nlno inches across tho Bpaco marked (c). This allows tho nlr to como In at (o) and pass over tho cows. |