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3 feet wide and T^-^ inches long in the center of the stall where the horse 

 stands. This is concrete underneath and plank on top. There is a watering 

 trough connected with the water supply in one corner of the stable. Tliere 

 is also a feeding loft where all of the feeding is done, thus obviating the old 

 difficulty of occasionally having a horse's eye put out by a careless boy with 

 a fork. The roof is slate. This barn is built on the north side of the old 

 hay barn in such a manner that the hay can be pitched directly into the 

 feeding loft from the hay mow. 



PiGGEKY — The old piggery has been renovated by putting in hollow con- 

 crete walls, similar to those of the horse barn, on the east side and south 

 end, and this building is given a grade from each direction to the center and 

 this center grades from end to end into a concrete pit for collecting and 

 saving the liquids. Concrete partitions 6 inches thick and 40 inches high; 

 concrete troughs 4 inches deep, 12 inches wide and IV^ feet long; this is the 

 width of each pen, the length of same being 17 feet, 8 inches. There are 

 eight of these pens. In the rear of each pen there is a 10-inch partition for 

 sleeping quarters. Experience has proven that hogs will keep clean if thus 

 arranged and bedding supplied. The entire front is a swinging door made 

 of 2-inch chestnut plank and so constructed that it can be swung to the back 

 of the trough so that the hogs cannot get into the trough until the feeder 

 is ready for them ; the front also swings high enough to allow the hogs to 

 pass under and out at the will of the caretaker. There are ten single-sash 

 windows, one-half of which slide up and down and the other half hinged at 

 the bottom. The entire south end, except the door, above 4 feet is covered 

 with muslin for ventilating purposes. 



Dairy — The new dairy is located 12 feet from the milking stable on a 

 line with its north end. It is 26 feet by 22 feet, having four rooms below and 

 two above; below there is a wash-room furnished with concrete wash sink 

 39 inches long, 18 inches wide and 12 inches deep, a rinse sink of the same 

 size and a steam jet adjoining the rinse sink; also a concrete table for steril- 

 izing purposes. In this room, under the stairs, is a closet for storing purifying 

 compound, milk testing materials and other utensils used in the dairy, except 

 the butter and milk utensils. Next to the stairs is a desk, by the side of 

 which hangs a pair of milk scales. This room is furnished with hot and 

 cold water and steam, all connected with the sewer. The sidewalls are like 

 those of the horsebarn ; the floor is of concrete, having a slope to the center 

 where there is a bell trap connected with the sewer. The milk room contains 

 the separator, churn, butter worker, butter scales, Babcock testing outfit, 

 cream vat, milk cooler, bench and galvanized pipe rack for milk pails and 

 cans. This room is also furnished with hot and cold water, steam and fifteen 

 feet of steam hose for sterilizing floors, walls and ceiling. 



Boys' Room — This room contains a wash sink 11 feet long, 16 inches wide 

 and 6 inches deep, supplied with hot and cold water and steam, two shower 

 heads for shower bath, toilet closet and ten steel lockers. The boiler room 

 is fitted with an upright boiler of sufficient size to furnish hot water, steam 

 and heat for the entire building. The loft is ceiled with Georgia pine, divided 

 into two rooms, one of which will be occupied by the worker in charge and 

 the other by two boys, one being in charge of the dairy and the other in 

 charge of the boiler. 



Dairy Barn — The old horse barn and part of the old cow barn have had 

 the partitions removed, throwing all into one room 73 feet by 36 feet. A 



