INSTITUTE PAPERS. 



THE DAIRY STABLE. 

 By Prof. J. M. Trueman, Storrs, Conn. 



A great many men have tried to solve the problem of furnish- 

 ing clean milk by building expensive barns, and attempting to 

 carry on every detail of the dairy work much a^ a surgeon 

 would prepare his operating room and his instruments for a 

 delicate surgical operation. This method produces the clean 

 milk all right, but at much too high a cost. Such operations 

 can not be carried on without a comparatively large force of 

 men, and demand expensive supervision. The retail price of 

 12 to 15 cents charged for this milk places it beyond the reach 

 of ordinary well-to-do laboring people, as well as the poorer 

 laborers that need clean milk for their children. We are inter- 

 ested in furnishing clean milk for all who can use it and not 

 for a selected few only. 



It no doubt requires care to make clean milk, but it is not 

 necessarily an expensive operation. The man who will study 

 the condition of his herd and will take pains to furnish the 

 things necessary for the health and comfort of his animals, will 

 secure greater returns from them, and in this way more than pay 

 for the extra time and care required to produce clean milk. 



The production of clean milk does not require an expensive 

 equipment. It does require certain definite things in barn con- 

 struction, and careful methods of work. The necessary equip- 

 ment, as far as the stable is concerned, may be specified under 

 five heads: (i) Light, (2) Ventilation, (3) A tight properly 

 constructed floor, (4) A comfortable convenient tie, (5) Smooth 

 walls and tight ceilings. All these things can be obtained in 



