STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 569 



President Schlosser: Marshall County Is just beginning to get In- 

 terested in the silos that have been in operation, which were built last 

 season. Manj- are contemplating the building of silos the coming season. 

 I would like to ask Mr. Rippey the best place to locate silos to have them 

 convenient to the feed lot and the barn? 



Mr. Rippey: That depends on how you stand your cows. If I were 

 building a barn and would stand the cows facing one another, with a 

 feeding alloy between, I would put the silo at the end of the barn, and 

 wheel your cars to the silo, and till them up, and wheel them down here 

 and feed the ensilage to this side and that. But if you are going to have 

 your cows face the wall, then you will have to place your silo at the side 

 of the barn, because if you put it at the end of the barn it will be in the 

 road. It is quite an important thing to think about— where to locate the 

 silo to make it hand}- to get at to feed. 



Mr. A'an Norman: How much light should there be in a cow barn? 



Mr. Rippey: As much as you can possibly get. 



Mr. Van Norman: Is there any danger of getting too much? 



Mr. Rippey: No, you won't get too much. The more light there is the 

 dryer is the air in the barn, and the better. There are too many barns 

 built with a bank, and this prevents light coming in and makes your cow 

 barns moist and damp. 



President Schlosser: What temperature do you like to have your 

 barn in the winter time for your cows? 



Mr. Rippey: We have never had a thermometer in our barn, and I 

 don't know hardly what it should be. I have been in dairy barns where 

 they had two or three thermometers. 



Mr. Reamer: That is a hard thing' to regulate. 



Mr. Calvin: Do you have water in the barn? 



Mr. Rippey: The water is in the tank on the outside. I think it is 

 better to have the cows go out and get a good drink of warm water. I 

 believe in having water heated up to 100. Then the cows will drink and 

 stretch and go back to the stable feeling good. Don't leave them out 

 until they get chilled. There might be some objections to heating up to 

 100, but I think if a person tries it he will find no objection to it in cold 

 weather. Lots of people think when the ice is out of the tank that is all 

 that is necessary. 



