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Show LACK OF SHELTER FOR COWS Exposure to Cold Rains Causes Big Drop in Milk Production Cleanliness Clean-liness Is Important. (Hy C. H. KCKI.KS Mii.-ourl Collet of Ak iiulture.) The dairy cow oftin suffers the most from exposure to the weather before i real winter has begun. After steady cold comes the cow Is generally stabled. Kxposure to cold rains Is , often more injurious to the animal than the colder but dry weather in ' winter. The dairy cow Is not like the fat steer, protected from cold by a layer of fat. As a result, bad weather causes a bit drop In milk production. So long as the weather Is dry It Is Just as well to leave the cow outside nights, butevery cold rain should find her protected. . It Is not necessary In the climate of Missouri in pi in nny great rx pension pensi-on most farms In order that the bnni may be warm. The main thing is to have ti::lit walls so there is no draft or wind, and a g I roof. Pare should be taken in arranging the stall--, in the form of a platform of the rlL'lit length ami a gutter of nuBctent d pth to hold the manure. The clennllneM of the milk depends to a considerable i ti ut upon having the barn built so the cow will keep herself clean. |