Show 1 7 e 0 NEW BARN PLANS FOR FOH DAIRY COWS designed for farmers having less than 6 animals new plans have been designed by the agricultural engineer working with the dairy extension office alithe north carolina state college by which cow stalls and stanchions of lumber may be built nt home by those who wish wl ab to remodel old barns to house baldi c cattle a t alp the plans have been designed in response to ninny many requests from persons having a few cows and no place to keep them using these plans plan barns st stables or sheds may he made sanary libl nad d convenient for foi handling a small dairy herd A T holman olman ll at agricultural ri cultural engli engineer teer WI who t D designed the new plans says they ar are e intended for the small producer 11 having ay 1 ng less than six cows this class includes th the family cows and tile the small herds from which sour cream Is sold the th e p plans inns are not recommended for those I 1 in n t the h e 1 dairy I fry business and producing milk on a comparatively large scale As explained by mr holman the plans show allow three complete stan sann chions and cow stalls including the feeding alley manger platform gutter and rear walkway everything la Is to be built of lumber except the hot bot tom of the gutter which Is of con cret air says one of tile the best fen features ures of the now set of plans Is the low cost of e construction 0 rist ruction only one sick sack of cement cemen t and about board feet of f lumber are needed to build stanchions and stall stal for three cows the average cost of the he materials used should be n round around 3 tor for one cow the designs ar are e simple permitting any farmer handy with tools to do his own work |