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Show Shelter for Dairy Cow of Utmost Importance The dairy cow, because of the fact that she puts the products from her feed Into the milk pail Instead of In the form of ilcsh and fat on her body, needs better shelter than the fattening fatten-ing stock. It is not necessary for this shelter to be expensive, but it should be adequate to the needs of the climate, cli-mate, and should insure the cow being be-ing warm and dry, and having plenty of light, and pure air. The best winter win-ter temperature for dairy barns is between be-tween 50 and CO degrees.- If the temperature tem-perature goes much above or below this there will be a decrease In the yield of milk. There Is perhaps no consideration that needs greater attention, especially espe-cially In the Northwest, than provision of proper ventilation, particularly of dairy barns. There are very few barns that come up to the standard specifications specifica-tions as to light and ventilation. The dairy barn, In order to produce the best results, should provide a cubic foot of air space for each pound of weight of the cows confined to the barn, and good ventilation should Insure In-sure this air being kept pure without forming drafts. It Is as Injurious to a cow to breathe Impure air, as It Is for human beings. Dakota Farmer. |