STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 565 



President Schlosser: Does it never get cold enough in your barn to 

 freeze ? 



Mr. Hippey: It never does; it has never frozen in there. 



D. B. Johnson: One point Mr. Goodrich has brought out, and that is 

 with reference to garget affecting those cows lying on the cement floor. 

 I have been thinking of building a cement floor, but that one thought has 

 deterred me from doing so. I believe the point is well taken that the cow 

 should not be permitted to lie on a cold floor, and I believe that is a point 

 we should look at. 



Frank Taylor: How wide do you have your stalls? 



Mr. Rippey: The NeWton tie is 32 inches and the Van Norman three 

 feet. I think either of these is large enough for a fair-sized Jersey cow, 

 or almost any dairy cow. 



Mr. Johnson: How far back from the manger does the stall reach— 

 the partition, if you have any partition at all? 



Mr. Rippey: AVe just have a plank, one about six feet long, and that 

 roaches clear back. Right at the gutter it is only just level with the 

 floor, and it slopes to the top of the manger. 



Mr. Goodrich: Did I understand you to say you have thirty-two 

 inches of room for the cow? 



Mr. Rippey: With the Newton tie, I think it measures about thirty- 

 five inches. 



E. S. Fries: What is your plan to furnish a manger for shredded 

 fodder or hay? 



Mr. Rippey: With the Newton tie there are two G-inch boards next to 

 the cow. We have a partition in there, and we go along the feed-alley 

 and throw the feed in, and it keeps rolling down to the cow all the time. 

 TBey are about ten inches wide at the bottom. 



Mr. Fries: Have you any trouble with the cows working the feed 

 back? 



Mr. Rippey: They can not. 



Mr. Fries: Have j-ou uprights? 



Mr. Rippey: I use a cow chain. In the Van Norman cow stall there 

 Is a piece on each side where the manger goes. There is a loop of iron 

 and hdiinl Avhicli slips np riiul down. This accomodates itself to the 



