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both these barns, as will be observed, box stalls have been pro- 

 vided in the same room. No change of temperature is therefore 

 necessary at parturition or sickness, a valuable feature to every 

 well-ordered dairy barn. I prefer the partitions not above breast 

 high. 



For best results, water must be had inside, not only for stormy 

 days, but the cows will drink better every day. The permanent 

 bucket system I did not like. We therefore adopted a system 

 that seems admirably adapted to the wants of those who do not 

 like the buckets. A tank is placed at sufficient altitude in the 

 barn to give force to the flow. A pipe runs above the cows, and 

 at intervals a tangent pipe with a valve and a hose, which is taken 

 off at will, carries the water into a light, portable trough, long 

 enough for five cows. Two of these are used at a time, making- 

 short work of watering. The water is always pure, clean and 

 sweet. The marked diagrams give dimensions. 



These barns are not expensive, built from the standpoint of 

 utility. Barn No. 1 has been built 13 years; barn No. 2 one year, 

 ami from a sanitary standpoint I am free to say I do not know 

 how to improve it. 



The silos in both instances are very conveniently located for 

 feeding. Large and convenient, granaries are found in both build- 

 ings. In No. 1 a windmill does service in pumping water and 

 grinding, while in No. 2 water comes into the barn by gravity — 

 the most satisfactory when feasible. 

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