954 Rural School Leaflet 



A dog, be he ever so gentle, is of little use in connection with a dairy herd. 

 A club or a whip should have no place in a dairy barn. 



Light and ventilation explain themselves. We must supply all the 

 light and the pure air possible. It is not costly to provide light in a stable, 

 neither is it very costly to provide efficient means of ventilation in old 

 stables if the owner is a live, hustling manager with his mind open to the 

 best in his power for the comfort of his animals. All the dairy papers 

 and experiment stations are ready at any time to help and to suggest 

 means of bettering stable conditions, with plans that may be had for the 

 asking. Most of these plans are simple and economical, and farmers are 

 fully capable of putting them into execution. 



Cows should be watered at least twice a day. The water should be 

 pure, and, if possible, it should be free from ice at all times of the year. 

 If cows have a place to drink where ice does net form, and if they are 

 watered twice a day, it does not seem necessary to warm the water arti- 

 ficially. It is important to avoid chilling the animal so that she will not 

 have to stand and shiver after drinking. Any system is a " good watering- 

 system " which will furnish pure water and which works so that the cow 

 gets all that she requires at least twice in twenty-four hours. 



A cow should be furnished with about one ounce of salt every day. 

 The practice of our best dairymen varies. The writer would suggest 

 feeding each cow about two ounces of salt three times a week, either 

 mixing it in the grain feed or merely throwing it into the manger any 

 time during the day. 



If boys and girls, in helping their fathers to take care of the cows, will 

 keep in mind the foregoing suggestions, our State will have not only the 

 largest number of dairy cows, but also the finest, cleanest, and tamest 

 cows in the world. 



