No. 6. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 461 



provided, in fact, any stable like this would be compelled to put in 

 double windows to prevent frosting in the more northerly latitudes. 

 In my own case, we use a sliding door on the outside, and swinging 

 door on the inside; in the summer time they can be taken off and put 

 away. 



A Member: In most of our Pennsylvania bank farms it is not pos- 

 sible to get that much window space on account of the bank. 



MR. COOK: That may be; I am not familiar with your conditions 

 in that respect. Another point, and that is, the location. We have 

 got all these problems to deal with, but I find that by careful study 

 of certain principles, we can usually work out the desired results. 

 Of course I am speaking now more particularly to the man that is 

 going to build new; but many of these things can be applied and we 

 can adjust them to the location that we have. In building new, if it 

 was possible I would have a stable located as near as I have indi- 

 cated there perhaps to the north and south line, that is, I would 

 have this exposure over here to the south or the southwest. I would 

 prefer a south or southwest exposure if it is possible to get it. Of 

 course it is not always possible, and where it is not, we have to do 

 the best we can, but it is desirable for the reason that we get the 

 largest amount of sunlight during the winter time through windows 

 that have that exposure. I have a barn and it was fortunate that 

 I could give it this exposure without any trouble at all, and from the 

 early morning until late at night, the cows are really bathing in the 

 sunshine. Now with almost any other exposure there would not be 

 that advantage. 



MR. HUTCHISON: Have you ever remodeled any of those barns 

 like we have in Pennsylvania? 



MR. COOK : No, I never was in Pennsylvania before. 



A Member: Where there is a great deal of bank surface, you 

 would have to set the windows on top with chutes up to them and up 

 to the mow. 



MR. COOK: What we want is the sunlight, because you know 

 what effect that has on germ life. 



A Member: Do you think it to be practicable to remodel bank 

 barns? 



MR. COOK: I think it would be pretty hard work to remodel them 

 and to create the conditions that we would like to have. 



PROF. SHAW: Do you think a southwestern exposure for the 

 sake of admitting more light in the winter, is always desirable? 

 Suppose you lived in a country where the prevailing winds blow 

 from the southwest? Don't you lose a little in having your build- 

 ings face the southwest rather than the south or the southeast? 



MR. COOK: I do not see that you do so far as the sunlight is con 

 cerned. 



PROF. SHAW: No, but so far as the warmth is concerned? 



