Show as yrea tf J WO f J S a 1 I r H A i IR ni 4 by dr L I 1 D L acar V S st loua I 1 NO jo dr sario a 0 N collage 1392 1312 thirty beicht years of vet E liniment anent diseases 1 i 7 other livestock brid poul pou 1 lee turca amter vi and euther no one who has ever built a house can forget the manny happy evenings spent in reading books pictures and studying blueprints in preparation prepa aaion for the task of pIau pIan Ming aing ithe future truly a aimi can zay say that ills his home is his castle when the job ls done and the family moved in the enthusiast in im raould zb be just as cd in providing shuable suU suil able table quarters e for his cows for surely they ave ai e the geese g eese that lay the golden eggs bior 0 o profit and it kis beo i proved time aud and again that the amount of milk a cow gi es can ba influenced by the manlier in ia which shei isha la ia housed when you cons consider consoler that a mod erni dairy cow will produce as much milk in one ine monita as a scrub i cow allowed to shirt shift iti it eu I gives during a seison you know is g gioi mavi 0 o than juu juit breeding and feeding to account for it in the ithe next two or three Article 3 we shall discuss this is culpo important subject ot of dairy barn construction and arrangement arrau gement fist let us take up the location and the type of barn from tile the ot of diaan age and fresh air ghigli ground ia s desirable it too high cold winds in winter and the d difficulty it y or of hauling feed up lip to the born barn are things filings to later on we shall point out the desirability of water in the barn and a hilltop location might pre verat that A gently aili with a southern exposure is very good in iii alaa event the cow barn zill should lun north and south or i eaily so int ini order that both the morning and afternoon sun guru may shine in ill on the stalls Saul sar station tation as my readers all klow is now ire becoming coming a matter of law in many localities where of ficiala who have to do with health 0 of the community are the barns where the milk Is produced K e p this one thou thought gIrt in mind A cow does her hest best work at producing milk during thel warm summer months the more coito table you make her in cold weather the gi greater will be your profits several types of ciarus are now sn in use oni american fm fai nis in the colder the basement barn la Is popular it is made by digging out th tha lire a side of a hill so t that hat one or two gid eida cs of the second story will be on a level with the ground this thia makes a warm barn in ili winter and a cool barev in au nimer but it may be fw fai from healthy because of lack of ventilation i v the commonest type is the two story with a stable oni lie ac first floor and hayloft and stora storage c space above abote some the first story wall 4 are made of stone if built tac according cording to approved principles this is a very sat is facto y type good lighting fighting and venti altion cdx be secured one common fault in such a barn is that the ceiling or the floor above the livestock may not be light dust filters fil tsao through and the odor fromi from the stables goes all through the uV upstairs stairs dairymen generally favora the one story barn because of the better sanitation it affords usually it is mada wide enough tor for two rows ot of cows the root roof is well ed so eo as to provide plenty of wari warmuth nth la mode moderate date cli climates matea cup olas can be built to provide ventilation provided they can be b closel closed up in case ol of storm and severe cold spells in the case ot of a one story barn the hay bay and feed will have to be stored elbein elsewhere here sometimes one c eaid id i iv Is V raised two stories to provide space fv fp liay hay some gome farmers keep their cattle ki open aheda all year around using a stable for milking and feeding only tilde makes for rugged healthy animals tha round barn is advocated by a number of experts exper td friends of the round awn say my it Is tar far cheaper requiring lnig 25 per cent less wall to iva ei close a r space than does a rectangular building |