A Model Dairy. 



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deep, in the ground outside of the barnyard. The inside walls be- 

 hind the cows are covered with cement to the height of the 

 windows, so that they may be quickly cleaned with water when the 

 floor is washed. 



The milking barn has accommodations for 40 cows, 20 on each 

 side, facing each other, with a wide space in front of them for con- 

 venience in feeding. A depression in the concrete floor in front of 

 the stanchions serves as a trough when they are watered. The 

 water comes from a bored well 365 feet deep, and is pumped into 

 a large storage tank by windmill power. 



As dividends are Colonel Phelps' main excuse for becoming a 

 dairy farmer, and knowing that each cow will respond with larger 

 quantities of milk and cream for the same investment of stock and 

 feed if she is comfortable, he installed stanchoins of metal tubing, 

 the neck pieces working on a swivel, so that she can have the great- 

 est freedom of movement in her stall. One end of a single piece of 



How building material obtained on tlie farm is utilized in the improvements at 



Meadowmere. 



curved heavy metal tubing fastens to the front rack at about three 

 feet from the floor and the other end fastens to the floor just 

 forward of the drain. Each cow is allowed four feet between these 

 partitions, which gives her plenty of room, but at the same time 

 prevents one cow from crowding another. During the winter the 

 floor is covered with about six inches of clean bedding to make 

 the cows more comfortable. 



At one end of the barn are the office where are kept the daily 

 reports of milk produced by each cow, and the machine room which 

 provides the power for milking the cows, and the cream separator 

 which gathers the cream from the warm milk. Each cow's milk 



