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Show CUT DOWN DAIRY CHORES BY SILO Labor Saving Plan of Moving Mov-ing Feed Is Big Help. Farmers travel farther in feeding than in any other operafior connected with dairy production. An.v practical method 01 reducing iravel should tie I herietioial. Convenient silos and feed bins, with a labor saving pian of moving mov-ing feed to the cows or live stock are I a bit; help in the dairy, oarriei trucks I which will hold enough "niilage it j meal for several cows will cut the j work in two. as r inpured with carry-I carry-I inn feed in baskets Arrangement ot I the barn, smooth floors, accessible mangers thai are easily cleaned, are all factors in making feeding a shorter task. Live stock men know that silo location loca-tion affects lime required to feed. Silage Sil-age should not have ti. he hauled to distant feed hunks A valuable silage carl is described in Circular No. 7i. 1 prepared at Iowa Slate college. The i feed hunks are baill in a long row out from 1 he silo, -nd the carl runs on a track supported by posts over the bunk. Conveniently located milk houses save time for dairy operators. Con struction is also important. Smooth floors and walls which can he easily cleaned will prove a good investment. Handy irrangement of equipment, such as wash troughs, drying racks and sterilizers for the milker, often bring thanks from hurried workers. Running water and some means of heating it should be considered essentia es-sentia I. Il is hard to conceive of a well man aged barn today Hint does not have a convenient means of removing liner. Carriers are indispensable in transporting trans-porting manure to a storage pit." but some barns are now constructed so that the spreader can he drWen b.-tween b.-tween rows of stalls. This saves time when weather conditions ire not fit for hauling manure to the field immediately. imme-diately. Sleel stanchions and stalls have proved themselves more economical lhan those of wooden construction. They are easier to keep sanitary and are far more durable. Single stalls protect the cows and help make them comfortable. Drinking cups are near ly as essential from a financial stand point as are mangers or any other standard dairy fixtures. t |