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using the stalls; with the exception of one cow with peculiar habits they 

 keep perfectly clean. The distance from manger to drop for a 1,300 

 pound cow should be abount 5 feet 8 inches, and for a 700 pound cow 

 about 4 feet 6 inches. The width for the larger cow should not be less 

 than 3% feet and for the smaller 2% to 3 feet would answer. The 

 bottom of the manger consists of two 2x12 inch planks laid side by 

 side on the cement floor. The back of the manger is built up by a 

 2x4 and 4x4 on the plank bottom, the former lying between the two 

 to permit fastening the bottom of the swing stanchion in the 4x4. 

 Where swing stanchions are used the back of the manger should not 

 be more than 8 inches above the floor or it will interfere with the cow 

 when lying down; this will give the manger a depth of six 

 inches inside to hold the feed. If cows are inclined to throw their 

 feed out, pieces of 2x6, slanted on one side -and about two feet high. 



I Sections of Stalls in M.fl.C. Grade Beef Barn. ' 



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Fig. 33. 



can be nailed to the front of the manger and side of the stall partition 

 on both sides of the stanchion to prevent this. Some of the mangers 

 of this type in use are 16, 18 and 20 inches wide on the bottom, inside 

 measure; they should not be less than 18 inches. The front of the 

 manger is perpendicular to a height of 18 inches when it slopes toward 

 the feed alley to an angle of about 06 degrees for 18 inches more. 

 This arrangement prevents the cattle from throwing roughage over 

 into the alley with their noses as they can do if there is a continuous 

 slope from the bottom upward and backward. The tie for this row of 

 cattle consists of swing stanchions which are eminently satisfactory. 

 The stall partitions which are built up 4 feet from the floor extend back 

 toward the gutter from the manger but 26 inches to allow the calves 

 greater freedom in suckling their dams; the partitions must be carried 

 forward far enough and high enough to i)revent the cows from reach- 

 ing over. The partitions are all made of 2 inch stuff', the 4x4's under- 

 lying them are pinned to the floor by short pieces of gas pipe set into 

 the cement and extending up an inch or two into the wood. Directly 

 in front of this row of mangers is to be found a stationary row of feed 

 boxes for meal. Each box is large enough to hold about two weeks 

 feed for each cow, under ordinary feeding methods. This device origin- 



