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Gark modern stall — individual stalls, where the floor is just as clean 

 as can be all the time. There is a chain fastened behind the cow ; all 

 the droppings go into the gutter. Then there are the Bidwell and Mc- 

 Cleary stalls. 



Mr. Gark — Are they all patented? 



Mr. Emery — Some of them are. 



Mr. Miller — What is the proper way to tie a cow in a stall? 



Mr. Emery — That is a matter of personal judgment. I would not tie 

 her at all. Would have individual stall for her and have a chain behind 

 her. In this stall she can lie down and be comfortable. The first thing 

 she wants is comfort — then cleanliness and good wholesome air. These 

 stalls I have in mind the cow is not tied at all. 



Mr. Miller — I have heard some men say the best way to keep a cow 

 in the stall was by a stanchion. 



Mr. Emery — If I were to tie my cow I would use Mr. Hoard's 

 stall ; a modern stall where the cow is tied around the neck ; a most 

 excellent stall — perfectly clean. It is arranged so that the manger in 

 front slides. When the cow is standing her head comes against the 

 manger and pushes it back ; then it is placed right in front of her when 

 she is feeding. She keeps just as clean as those in the pasture. I 

 think this stall is about as near perfect as any I have ever seen. There 

 is no patent on it. 



Mr. Marple — I think we need to have this business dignified by the 

 endorsement of people who, by virtue of their position, lend dignity to 

 it. Unfortunately, we have an idea in this country that it was beneath 

 our dignity to milk, and it is a hard lesson for us to learn. Unlike 

 the old-time Missourian, who is loyal to the teachings of his forefathers, 

 we cannot get over that idea that it is beneath our dignity to go out 

 on the farm and milk dairy cows. But that has been overcome by the 

 dignifying of the business through the interest manifested by some- 

 body in a position to know and by their interest to give it dignity. So 

 these men, who have come here to talk to us and to encourage us and 

 to make us better and get better results from the dairy, have brought 

 an influence to bear on this business through the dignity they have 

 lent to this meeting and to the dairy business in a general way. Gov. 

 Folk says that's quite a lot of dignified looking men you have here at 

 the State Dairy Association. We compare favorably with the mem- 

 bers of many other organizations ; it is shown by the signing of the bill 

 for a dairy commissioner and by the appointment of a dairy commis- 

 sioner and assistant dairy commissioner ; and I am glad to say he took 

 into consideration the wishes of the dairymen of this country in that 



