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Show PROPER QUARTERS FOR COWS Suitable Place Must Be Furnished in Order to Get Best Results Provide Ventilation. To give best results milch cows should be provided with suitable quarters quar-ters for feeding and milking. Stalls should be provided for each cow and feed boxes and manger racks should be so arranged that they will be of easy access for cleaning at least once every day. Twenty-five dollars, plus; the labor, should fit any ordinary barn with staUs for five cows and the necessary, nec-essary, feed boxes, mangers and gutters. gut-ters. Plenty of ventilation is necessary, because the cow is somewhat like the human being, she thrives best where there is plenty of fresh air available. Provision should be made to take care of the manure. This can be done by providing plenty of bedding in box stalls, or, if stanchions are used, by having water-tight gutters about 14 inches wide and 10 inches deep" running run-ning full length of the stable. |