No. 6 DEPAKTMUNT OF AG RICUI/I'1 1 1th,. t«J 



that we can get around that so easily and so cheaply, that we ought 

 not for a moment to consider the use of plank over concrete because 

 the plank will soon wear and soak up the liquid, and the planks are 

 objectionably dirty, and I do not believe that we ought to consider 

 them as fit material for use. I think that we ought to get every 

 last trace of a board or any sort of lumber stuff out of our stables that 

 we can. I don't know whether you are going to take kindly to that, 

 or not, but so far as my opinion is concerned, that is what I believe. 



I want to show you just a moment in one of our barns what we are 

 doing, where we are not even using mangers. A person may say, I 

 don't like that, and that the old fashioned manger is good enough 

 for them, the old fashioned manger which came up about three 

 feet high and one of the most difficult things in the world to 

 clean. And what are the results. Why, they don't clean them, 

 that is all. If they are feeding silage, the boards get sticky, and that 

 is a splendid place to develop all kinds of germ life, and I am against 

 the proposition. Now if you want a manger, here is one that it seems 

 to me — I have not drawn it very artistically — but perhaps after 1 

 name it you can tell what it is, in fact, that is the floor line, and this 

 is a representation of the side of the barn, and here is the manger. 

 Now the manger ought to have just a little inclination toward the 

 passage way or walk, inclined just a little; remember this is a sec- 

 tional view. Right in front of your manger put in just a little depres- 

 sion, not very much, perhaps an inch, then it gives an opportunity 

 for the water to run off. This floor slants slightly towards this little 

 depression, and this of course will be carried the whole length of 

 the stable. Now that is the manger. That could be changed a little 

 in form. Don't build this over eighteen inches from that point on 

 the floor line. There is much to commend in using a cement manger 

 on the score of cleanliness, and as meeting sanitary conditions. 



(Mr. Cook made a diagram upon the blackboard showing the form 

 of a stanchion which he recommended, and made an explanation in 

 regard to same that would not be intelligible without the diagram 

 with proper references to the various parts of its construction.) 



A Member: I would like to inquire what would be the cost of these 

 stanchions where you are putting up. say, fifteen or twenty? 



MR. COOK: Including the pipe and everything? 

 A Member: Yes. 



MR. COOK: It will cost about five dollars. 

 A Member: Per cow? 



MR. COOK: Yes, which will include, what it seems to me is the 

 best construction, which will be by putting in a piece of pipe of the 

 same size anchored in the cement at this point and coupled here with 

 an L making it a little less than three feet to that point shown by 

 that line. (Indicating on board.) 



A Member: How far apart? 



MR. COOK: That will depend on your cows, of course; large 

 cows three or four feet, small cows less. If you take these dimen- 

 sions, I think you will find that will give about the best form; there 

 is a little danger of their feet getting in here 



