lUVlsioy OF WniAL IlUSBAyORY 3S7 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DIMENSIONS. 



Tlic nuiiii barn is lOl) feet lor.ii' by HO feet wide, outsido dimoiisions. Tlie ceiliiis' 

 of tlio stnble is 10 feet in lu'i.uht, and the post in the stora^^-e baru above is 1.5 feet in 

 b'-iiibt. I'nderneiitb the driveway is the root ceUar. capable of holding? approximately 

 n.OOO busliels. A silo, conveniently situated, opens into feed room. 



The dairy cattle barn is a wing to the nniin barn, the same beinj? 101 feet ?> 

 iiiches long by 41 feet 2 inches wide, with milk room and wasli room nndr-riKvitli 

 vlriveway to storage barn above. 



The main barn accommodates beef breeding- cows, steers, bulls, and all calves, 

 together witli the fcixl room and hospital, while tlie dairy barn wing aecominoiiate-S 

 forty-eight head of mih-h cows or dairy heifei'S. 



Details as to dimensions of stalls, together with the cement finish, li-vels, slopes, 

 etc., may be found in the brief specifications as contained in the reports for the siiper- 

 intcndent.s of other Farms, and also in the report of the Dominion Animal Husbiiid- 

 num for the year ending March 31, 1913. 



Particular attention is drawn to the different types of mangers ex|>erimfnted 



with. In the dairy barn the raised front manger is illustrated, while in the beef 



X)i' main barn, tlie continuous m'angers with the raised feed pn.ssage, and also witli tise 



submerged feed pa^isage, but with only 10-inch curbing front manger, are illustrated. 



LIGHT. 



As much light as the strength of the walls would permit was installed in this 

 barn. The burn is lighted by 768 square feet of glass, or at tli-^ rate of 15-8 square 

 feet per head. The direct sunlight thus reaches every part of tlic barn, which renders 

 it most sanitary, bright and cheerful. 



VENTILATION, 



The modified Rutherford sysitem of ventilation is used in this bam, the details of 

 which have been so thoroughly described elsewhere. The area of intake ductri per head 

 is about 13 square inch.es, and the aj-ea of the foul air outlets per head is about 26 

 square inches. Aside from this, the windows of the bam can be so operated that they 

 may be tilted inwards from the top, thus facilitating ventilation in weather so warm 

 that the ventilation system is insiifucieut. 



Tlie ventilation of the root cellar is on the same princix>le as that of the barn, and 

 seems to work quite satisfactorily. Especial care must be taken, however, in the ven- 

 tilation of any root cellar, that the ventilators be closed imanediately after the roots 

 are thoroughly cooled and dried, in order that frost be not allowed into the roots. 



ACCOM MODATION. 



As will be seen from the plans, the dairy barn aeconuuodates forty-eigb.t head of 

 cattle, while the main or beef bam will accommodate twenty-one head tied in stanch- 

 ions, thirty calves, three bulls, and three box stalls which will accommodate either five 

 steers or six b.-ifors each, as well as the maternity hospital. 



Comi)lete accommodations in milk rooms, wash rcum, feed room with meal room 

 above, root cellars, silo, litter carriers throughout the barn, etc., may be seen by a close 

 examination of the plans and illustrations. 



Fredericton. 



