Show k X pa A NEW BARN PLANS FOR DAIRY COWS designed for farmers having less than 6 animals new plans have been designed by the agricultural en engineer Ineer worlen with the dairy extension office at the north carolina state college by wl ich fell cow stalls and stanchions of lumber may be built at home by those who wish wl b to remodel old barns birns to house dairy cattle the plans have been designed in response to many requests from per sons having a few cons coas and no place to keep them using these plans barns stables or sheds may be made sanitary and convenient foi handling a small dairy herd A T holman a agricultural engineer who designed the new plans says they are intended tor for the small producer I 1 abing less than six cows this tills class includes the family cows and the small herds from which sour cream Is sold the plans are not recommended for those in tl e dairy business and pro ducin milk on a large scale As explained by mr 11 iman the plans show three complete stan chions an I 1 cow stalls including the feeding alley man er platform but jut ter and rear walkway everything ENery thing Is to be built of lumber except tl e hot torn tom of the gutter wt ul ich Is of con crete mr 1 holman sacs one of the best features of the new set of plans Is the low cost of construction only one sack czack of cement and about 40 board feet of lumber are needed to build stanchions and stall for three cows the average averam cost of the materials used should be around 3 for one cow the designs are simple permitting any farmer handy with tools to do his own work rork chemicals can be used to sterilize utensils chemicals can be used to sterilize clean milk utensils along alone with hot wa ter and many farmers are using this method now according to L 1 H I burg wald ohio state university chlorinated lime 12 ances Is dis solve I 1 in a gallon of water tl tt e clear solution Is siphoned off and st red in a glass l bottle and placed in a cool coot dart dark place after milking the milk utensils are rinse 1 in coll col 1 water then washed in hot water with a washing powder and then rinsed with the hottest water rater pos sible to get when this has been done and the utensil s are thoroughly clean they are rinsed with a solution made by adding half a glass of the chlorine solution to five gallons of water barnyard kept sanitary will prevent diseases cows should never be impelled fo to wade alnet deep in mud and manure whole going into and out of the baru or when turned out for exercise or water A few loads of cinders or gravel or a few tile proper properly lv placed will prevent this condition the cows themselves should sl also be kept rea w 11 bedded and clean this will involve a little extra labor hut but a cow that Is worth keeping at all will fully repay in iacre increased ased production any reasonable amount of care of this kind taken to make her comfortable clipping the hair closely on the thanks thigh and odder udder of cows will great ly reduce the amount of labor feces sary to keep them clean H H t I II il ahl tah I dairy facts 1 1 ha the amount of milk fed a weaning calf should vary varv accord ng to its size a an abundance of good roughage Is IR of the gre greatest idest importance for full milk in ilk palls at profitable prices a alfalfa hay Is an important dairy feed because it obtains a relatively hely h gh amount of protein and calcium one of the surest ways of helping solve tle tl e feed problem and In inci ellent lent ally to aid tle whole dairy situation Is to cull out the lo 10 v producing cows when the daughters of a bull come into production that bull will soon be proved to be either a able breed il ng animal or just so much soup meat 0 a 0 newly freshened cows should not be fed heavily at first A warm bran n ash Is very beneficial immediately after fre freshening hening ground oats wits bran and oil meal can cin be fed later italian and perennial rye grasses are quick growing gr grasses ases an I 1 are well suited to be a part of a tood many pasture mixtures one of their adan advantages ties being that thit they act somewhat as a nurse crop until the slower growing grasses get a root hold 0 a 0 wheat makes a good dairy feed in amounts up to one third of the en tire grain mixture it abo sheild ild be rollel rolle I 1 or coarsely ground and mixed with bulky feeds such as bran or oats in addition to enough protein feed to balance the ration |