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stall is 4 feet 3 inches long and 2 feet 3 inches wide; there are several 

 gradations between these two sizes. This row is fitted with swing 

 stanchions. The manger bottoms were raised four inches above the 

 floor instead of resting on it, this prevented securing more then three 

 inches inside depth to the front of the manger, which is insuflScient to 

 prevent waste of feed. Most of the doors of this building are in two 

 sections, upper and lower, with windows in the top half; as hereafter 

 stated windows so plnced are constantlv being broken from slamming 

 and the necessary light should be secured elsewhere. The doors all 

 swing in against the sides of the door sills instead of on the top, which 

 is a mistake, as snow, straw and manure is constantly collecting be- 

 tween the doors and sills, freezing to them and preventing them from 

 closing perfectly. In some cases 4x4:'s have been imbedded in the cement 

 door and are now completely rotted away ; it is advisable to keep all 

 wood fittings above or on cement rather than imbed them in it, for in 

 the latter case they decay quickJy. 



The enclosed yard 43x64 feet, at the south end of the dairy barn, is 

 used in part for shed feeding, and in part for a manure shed. It is 

 the intention to use it as an exercising yard for cattle and also a 

 storage place for manure. It is connected with the dairy barn by 

 covered allevs on both sides. 



GRADE BEEF HERD BARN. 



Fig. 29 shows the ground plan of the stable now being used as 

 the grade beef barn; it is 45x80 feet and is joined to the grade dairy 

 herd barn at the south end. In Fig. 1 this building is designated as 

 the grain barn located a short distance northeast of the farm house; 

 it was moved and refitted during the summer of 1905. This barn is 

 fitted with stalls to accommodate thirty-three head of mature cattle 

 jind twenty head of calves and young cattle, making a total of fifty- 

 three. The west elevation of this barn is shown in Fig. 38 and its 

 lighting discussed in connection therewith. The south row of stalls 

 has been illustrated in (1) Fig. 33 and the center row in (2) Fig. 33; the 

 stalls of the north row are simpl}^ plain heavy ones to hold large ex- 

 l)erimental steers. The calf pen, manger and stanchion fixtures are 

 illustrated and described in connection with Fig. 30. The entire floor, 

 as in all our cattle stables, except the bull barn, is of cement. Stock 

 scales were centrally located for weighing all experimental animals. 

 The alleys, before and behind the rows of stalls, are a little over five 

 feet wide; this may seem like a waste of space but is much more satis- 

 factory than any less could be; as a general rule alleys are made much 

 too narrow. So much room would not have been given up to the 

 granary except for the demands of the experimental feeding work. 



The continuous dotted line shows the location of the overhead steel 

 track, to be installed, to convey the manure from the three rows of 

 cattle and the three box stalls on the south end to the manure shed 

 in the center of the court outside. The plan is to have the track pass 

 out of the southmost door, only, toward the manure shed. As a similar 



