Show REAL HER efficiency FrICI IND I 1 IN milly rb bum labor Is cut to minimum in th this IS modern Bul balding ding TO HOUSE GOOD S SIZED HERD HERB economical production Is the important factor in making success of dairy business chief feature of this plan by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr william A radford will answer questions and give elve advice FREE or OF COST on all subjects pertal pertaining ning to the subject of 0 building work or k on the farm arm for or the renders readers ot of this paper on account 0 of f his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he be Is without doubt I 1 the he highest authority on all these subjects address all inquiries to william A radford Rad tord no ika prairie avenue chicago III and only two cent stamp for or reply dairying Is a business that depends for its success as much on economical prod production as any other business every dollar that tile the dairyman saves in handling ills his herd or in marketing the milk cream or butter is a dollar added to his profits when it Is possible to mauo make a saving savin in cots costs and at the same time increase production the owner of a herd profits doubly it Is with those two ideas in mind cutting costs ind and increasing production that farm building experts are designing dairy barns for in the well equipped modern dairy barn the work of curing caring for the animals can be done quickly arid and cheaply and at the same time the animals are housed where they are healthy and comfortable and produce a maximum amount of milk A well ell constructed well designed and modernly equipped dairy barn Is shown in the accompanying illustration this Is a frame structure set on a concrete foundation that Is so designed that the productivity of the alie cows will be kept at top notch even in those set sections ions of the country where zero temperatures prevail during tile the winter months for the structure is weatherproof provision being made to keep a constant supply of fresh air in A I 1 VI 4 nr A 4 I 1 3 if Us I 1 V 7 U C 71 az NC V 4 I 1 DR I 1 mit Z s ita bvm 1 1 5 taffe 0 iol LOW 1 0 doll alv 1 cowl tilt FLED cirri F 1 LA 3 A E ED th aa ow CALT TILI ILD uvil elj hlll 1111 16 the stable and for drawing oft off tire foul air that breeds colds and other oilier live stock diseases the main building Is 30 36 feet wide and 70 feet long set seven feet from the near end are two 14 foot hollow clay tile silos set seven feet apart built out to tile the center of each os oi these silos Is a feed room while the space between tile the silos Is clowd closed by double doors permitting a wagon to be driven in and through the center of the barn hy by this arrangement arranga nicci feed may be brought in and unloaded without extra handling the bloor plans shown ln in connection with tills this article show how tile ili interior gerior of the stable floor door Is 13 arranged double doors lead out of tile the feed room into the center alley alongside of which and facing it are rows of stanchions each row auw providing stalls for ten cows over tire the feed alley and running to the feed room Is nit an oie overhead carrier which makes it a simple matter to load the feed or ensilage and carry it to ench each manger on dither either side back of the stalls Is a litter alley a carrier track belig in iw or mer each of these this carrier runs to tte rear of the barn and out into the covered furniture pit that Is shown in the exterior view of the hu buil Ilig A bull pen and a calf pen adjoin t lie ro rows ws of stalls while in the end crid Is I 1 pace for loose cattle removable pari being shon on the plan in ili either wall of tile the harn are frech air inlets these inlets are arc so on that the fresh air Is into the stahle albere he file beadi of the alie cows cow in tile the belling tire are the hie foullie foul nir lIr i outlets these outlets ure are onnel n ith flues unit that nad lead to tile I 1 dillmon nill mon on oil alit roof of the barn i the alie 0 it sucking the lie foul air out mit draws tile lie flesh air in it hout ariit breit in ing n drift thus providing healthful air for the animals an finals tile concrete floor sani still partitions an and concrete also frelent deseise dl gernis from active the litter is dropped inca imo the gutters cutters nt at the buck back of tile the st 11 ali und and Is out dally drains are provided so that the stable mm milli b be bored out I 1 such a barn us its this provides a S ife I 1 economical place to ballee tile the dair berd 1 erd the animals anti nals will be liv althy i find kept at maximum n the work Is dont done with less tire me i and tile jobs are less arduous and corp morp pleasant |