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Show VALUE OF SMALL MILK SHED i Should Be Well Ventilated In Summer and Warm In Winter Have Room for One Cow. (By M. A. COVERDELU) Every farmer should build a small shed or compartment of some kind In which to stand the cows at milking time. The nearer the barn the better. It should be well ventilated In the summer and made warm during the winter months by setting up fodder around It or lining It with building paper or roofing material. The shed may be any size desired, but ample room for one cow Is all that Is necessary. Have nails arranged ar-ranged on the wall for hanging milk pails in places of safety while the cows axe being led to and from the shed. If there are any sore teats, caked udders or other ailments to be treated ihe milk shed offers a safe place In j which to do It quickly and any trou-' trou-' ble with the animals in hand will I lause no disturbance among the other members of the herd. Spraying solu-t'A solu-t'A Is also easier applied In the shed tnan anywhere else. Where one feeds the cows at milking milk-ing time the milk shed removes the difficulty of feeding the cow that 10 being milked in Bight of the other animals. Some cows will fret and worry away a large portion of their i milk If another cow is being fed la sight or hearing of them. Then, feed- ing the cow In the milk shed makes It unnecessary to use bo many feed troughs. By keeping it well cleaned out and properly drained the milk shed is always al-ways ready to lead the cow Into and milk under agreeable and sanitary conditions. If It be in the Bummer-I Bummer-I time the shed may be darkened and the pesky flies thus gotten rid of, which means a lot of solid comfort to both the cow and the milker as well as a greater amount of milk- With proper ventilation such a shed Is also much cooler than the sweltering dairy barn where the animal's breath combined with the heat of their bodies j contribute liberally toward the maln-, maln-, tenance of a high temperature. I |