8 Jan., 1908.] Paving and Drainage of Milking Sheds. 



PAVING AND DRAINAGE OF MILKING SHEDS 

 AND YARDS. 



A. S. Kenyan, C.E., Engineer for Agriculture . 



The sanitary equipment of modern dairy farms is so necessary and 

 essential to success that no farmer can afford to ignore it. The old 

 tumble-down dirty cowshed has gi^•en way to the wholesome and clean 

 milking sheds now found on up-to-date dairy farms. The milking sheds 

 described and illustrated in the article " Dairy Farm Buildings," by ^Ir. 

 S. S. Cameron, M.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Officer, in the Journal 

 of February, 1907, are fast becoming the posse-sion of the progressiye 

 farmer. It is impossible to add anything to that yery complete and 



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practical article, containing, as it does, all the latest obtainable informa- 

 tion on the subject. The sketches show the floor paying and the grip 

 of the milking shed carried out in brick work. This material, when pro- 

 perly laid and thoroughly grouted in cement compo, makes a useful 

 paving. It has, however, one great disadvantage as a sanitary surface 

 covering, viz., the very large number of joints it possesses. The spaces 

 between the bricks are filled with cement mortar, a different material from 

 the bricks, and left with fairly rough surfaces. The grouting has a great 

 tendency to crack, and the rough surfaces of the joints retain and absorb 

 a good quantity of the deposited urine and liquul manure. However, there 

 has been no ether paving obtainable at a reasonable price, and the brick 

 paving has l^een practically accepted as the standard floor for dairy faim 

 purposes. The recent introduction of a new paving called '" Granolithic " 



