Show T e Y dr e NEW EW BARN PLANS FOR DAIRY COWS designed for farmers having less than 6 animals new plans ans have been designed by athe the agricultural engineer with the dairy extension office at the north carolina state college by which cow stalls and stanch stanchions inns of lumber may be built nt at home by those who wish to remodel old barns to house dalel cattle ij the plans have been designed in re tu to many requests iron fryn per f elsons ls sons ons having a few cows and no place ato to keep them using these plaits barns stables or sheds may he be made j jean sanitary ary and convenient for foi handling ya a small d dairy airy herd A T holman olman II agricultural engineer 1 who designed the new plans says they are intended for the small producer t having less than six cows this class j includes the family cows cowa and the small herds from which sour cream Is sold the plans are not recommended for those in tile the dairy business and producing milk on a comparatively large 1 scale As explained by mr fit iman t the plans allow three complete stanchions ond and cow stalls including the freeding 1 feeding alley manger platform gut ter and rear walkway nal kway everything Is j to be built of lumber except the hot torn tom of the gutter which Is of con crete mr hallman says one of tile the best j features of the new set of plans Is the I 1 low cost of construction only one sack of cement and about board feet of lumber are needed to build 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 own work chemicals can be used to sterilize utensils chemicals can be used to sterilize clean mill milk utensils along with hot water and many farmers are using this method now according to L el burgwald ohla ohio state university chlorinated lime 12 nin a inces ces Is dissolved in a gallon of water the clear solution Is siphoned off nod and stored in fin a plass glass stopp erad bottle and placed in a cool dark place after aill milking king the milk utensils are rinsed in cold water waier then washed in hot water with a washing powder and then rinsed with the hottest water possible to get when this tins has been done and the lia lis 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 never bo be impelled to wade kne gnei deep to in mud and manure whole going into and out of the baru barn or when turned out for exercise or water A few londs of cinders or gravel or a few tile properly placed will prevent this condition the cows themselves should also be kept reasonably w wll 11 II bedded and clean this will involve a little extra labor hut but a cow that Is worth keeping at all will fully repay in increased production any reasonable amount of care of this hind taken to make her comfortable clipping the hair closely on the flanks thigh and udder of cows will greatly reduce the amount of labor aecus sary eary to keep them clean |