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MK. COOK: Well, if your building is property insulated, 1 do 

 not believe it will concern the temperature inside of your stable. 



PROF. SHAW: Suppose you were to turn your cows out, as I 

 understand you do, and you turn them out in one case in a yard 

 that is protected from the wind and in the other case it is exposed 

 a little bit to the wind, you work a little bit to a disadvantage there, 

 don't you? 



MR. COOK: I would not turn out milch cows on a day when the 

 weather was not genial. I would rather have them on the inside 

 than on the outside. 



PROF. SHAW: The day might be genial but not quite free from 

 wind if facing a southwest exposure. 



MR. COOK: There might be a condition there that would have to 

 be considered. 



MR. HERR: In our bank barns that are closed up, wouldn't it be 

 well to build a warm shed where cattle could stand part of the time 

 on the inside, when they couldn't get out on the outside without be- 

 ing exposed to the wind or to the cold? 



MR. COOK: The question of covering a barnyard where bed- 

 ding is high priced and difficult to get, as it is in New York and 

 New England, is an abomination because of the difficulty of keeping 

 them clean. Where the question of bedding don't concern you, 

 then it is worth your consideration. The covering of a barnyard 

 where cows can be turned in, in conditions like those, and which we 

 will have perhaps during the greater portion of the day in the winter, 

 may be desirable. If this is done, they should be put into the stable 

 for feeding and for milking. 



MR. HUTCHISON: Did I understand you to say that you don't 

 have any bank barns in New York State? 



MR. COOK: No, I didn't say that. We don't have a barn in New 

 York built as I indicated here. (Referring to a sketch made on 

 blackboard.) I don't know of any such barn in New York where 

 there is a projection. 



I would like to ask how many men here are using cement in their 

 stable construction? 



A Member: A good many. 



MR. COOK: With us a good many keep animals directly on the 

 concrete. I would like to ask if you have any trouble; I would like 

 to know what the sentiment is here. 



A Member: I prefer to keep cows on a plank floor rather than on 

 a cement floor. 



MR. COOK: That is perhaps because the floor is cold and often 

 slippery, but that usually comes from men who built the floors a 

 dozen years ago, but it is principally because of the fact that they are 

 cold, that they are objected to, and they are cold, there is no mistake 

 about that. Concrete is a good conductor of heat, but T feel to-day 



