550 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 

 S. Dimensions. 



The barn is 41 by 78 feet, outside measure. The ceiling of stable is 10 feet in 

 height. The wall post in loft is 9 feet in height. 



The cattle stands from end to end are of different lengths, one varying from 

 5 feet to 4 feet 8 inches, the other from 4 feet 10 inches to 4 feet 6 inches. The 

 .-{alls are 3 feet 6 inches in width. The feed passage is 6 feet 2 inches wide, while 

 the manure passages vary in width from 7 feet to 7 feet 4 inches. The mangers are 

 21 inches wide, with rounded bottoms. The gutters are 18 inches wide, with sloping 

 bottoms. 



J+. Cement Finish. 



The one foot of cement wall above the floor, the milk- and wash-room floors, the 

 mangers and gutters were finished perfectly plain and smooth. 



Feed passages were given a smooth finish, and then rolled. 



Cattle stands were given a rough wood floor finish. 



Manure passages were given a rough finish, and then lightly cross-lined and 

 rolled. 



Although somewhat harder to keep clean than a finish without the cross lining, 

 yet it is perfectly safe for cattle to walk on with no danger of slipping, even though 

 the floor is wet. 



5. Levels. 



The floors, excepting % feed room and digestion room, are of concrete. All 

 passages, including the manure passages and feed passage, are on the same level. 

 The stands are two and one-half inches higher than the manure passages. The 

 manger bottoms are one and a half inches higher than the front of stands. The 

 divisions between mangers and stands also are of concrete, cut down at throat of 

 cattle to a height of 7 inches above front of stand and 5£ inches above manger bottom. 

 The front of mangers is of concrete, 4 inches thick and having a height of 2 feet 

 above feed passage. The gutters are 8 inches deep next the stand and 6 inches deep 

 next the passage. 



6. Slopes. 



The stands have a slope of one and a half inches from front to rear. 



The main feed passage is one inch higher in the centre than next the manger 

 fronts. A graded groove next manger leads to traps in gutters to provide for floor 

 washing. 



The manure passages slope from walls to gutters, one inch in seven feet. The 

 bottom of gutter is one-half inch higher next cattle than next passage and slopes from 

 one end to the other at the rate of 1 inch in 18 feet. These slopes facilitate the 

 cleaning out of liquid manure as well as keeping clean the tails of cows. The sides 

 of gutters are vertical. 



7. Light. 



As much light as the strength of walls would permit was here installed. Windows 

 in walls and doors were made as large as- possible. The cattle barn will accommodate 

 24 cows and is lighted by 4G8 square feet of glass, or at the rate of 19} square feet 

 per head. Direct sunlight reaches every part of the barn, which renders it most 

 sanitary, bright and cheerful. 



8. Ventilation. 



A modified Rutherford system of ventilation is used in this barn, differing only 

 in some minor details from the systems of the other barns. 



