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arrangement is planned for the adjoining barn this will permit two 

 out going tracks near the center to do the work for the entire 150 feet 

 of barn, and a long manure shed will not be necessary. The manure 

 shed is to be 27x60 feet. The question may arise as to why the manure 

 is not hauled directly to the field; throughout the greater portion of 

 the year this is done, but there are times when there is no place 

 to spread it and occasionally in seeding, haying or harvest, no time 

 to haul it. The shed is intended to protect the two manure wagons 

 into which the cars are to be dumped, and to take care of the manure 

 which accumulates when it cannot be removed directly to the fields. 



The cement and stave silos adjoining this building are described 

 elsewhere in this publication. In all cattle barns the King system of 

 ventilation has been used as described in connection with the horse 

 barn. 



GRADE DAIRY HERD BARN. 



Fig. 30. 



This barn, 45x70 feet, is now practically a continuation of the grade 

 beef herd barn, the two forming an unbroken line 150 feet long. This 

 barn and the adjoining silo were first erected just a few feet west of 

 the large dairy barn, see Fig. 1, but were removed to their present 

 location during the summer of 1901. This stable accommodates twenty- 

 two head of mature cows, twelve yearling heifers, fourteen young 

 cattle under one year, and twelve calves, making a total of sixty. The 

 stable is if anything a little crowded, some of the stalls being a little 

 small and the alleys too narrow. The stalls shown in the first and 

 second rows from the north are of the type illustrated in (2) Fig. 33, 

 but it is a marked improvement over these which were built first. The 

 3 feet 6 inch stalls are too wide for the 1000 pound cow and the inner 

 bottom width of mangers all through the barn is too narrow by at 

 least 4 inches. The third row of stalls from the north end is fitted 

 with a one-half sloping partition and the animals are fastened around 

 the neck with chains extending to cross bars bolted on each side of 

 the stall. These stalls which are 4 feet 6 inches from manger to gutter 

 are too short for animals over 750 pounds weight. The fourth row of 

 stalls were fitted for skim milk calves under twelve months of age 

 and answers well for confining them at* night except that the mangers 

 are too small. The twelve stanchions are used to accommodate the 

 grade heifer calves of each year's crop as the males are vealed. The 

 calf pen is divided according to the demand by movable partitions. 

 The two calving pens for cows are used by calves during portions of 

 the year when they are not in use for the purpose intended. The 

 dotted line shows location of overhead steel track for manure carrier 

 which is used for all four rows of stall cattle. 



If the refitting work of this barn was to be done over again we 

 would enlarge the third row of stalls for heifers and cut out the fourth 

 row entirely, replacing it with larger box stalls in which groups of 

 several young animals could be fed together loose, as described in Fig. 

 .37. 



