Show I IVill Vi ll L NEW BARN PLANS FOR DAIRY COWS Designed for Farmers Having Having Having Hav Hav- ing Less Than 6 Animals New plans have been designed by bythe bythe bythe the agricultural engineer working with the dairy extension office at ut the North Carolina State college by which cow stalls and stanchions of ot lumber may maybe maybe maybe be built at home by those who wish to remodel old barns to house dab i cattle The plans have ha been designed in to response response re re- to man many requests from persons persons per per- sons having a few cows and no place I to keep them Using these plans I barns stables or sheds may be made sanitary and convenient for tor handling I a small dairy herd berd A. A T. T T Holman Bolman a agricultural engineer er who designed the new plans says they are intended for the small producer having less than six cows This class Includes the family cows and the small herds from which sour cream is sold The plans are not recommended for tor those in the dairy business and producing producing producing pro pro- milk on a comparatively large scale As explained e by Mr Holman the plans show three complete stanchions stanchions stanchions stan stan- chions and cow stalls including the feeding alley manger platform gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter and rear walkway Everything Isto is isto isto to be built of lumber except the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of ot the gutter which Is of ot con con- crete Mr says one of the best features of the new set of ot plans Is the thelow thelow thelow low cost of construction Only one sack of cement and about board feet of lumber are needed to build bund I stanchions and stall for three cows The average 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 bis own work |