lo Sept.. 1909. 



The Lad \ Tulb'>t Milk Institute. 



565 



Portion of the harii floor is pitched for the purpose of enabling full 

 loads of feeding stuff to be carted right into the barn and alongside the 

 chaffcutter, thus facilitating labour when handling the green forage crops 

 intended for silage. It will be observed from the plan of the buildings 

 that the silos and barn are close to the feeding sheds. A tram line runs 



ID. INTERIOR OF BARN CHAFF-CUTTER, PULPER, AND CRUSHER AT WORK. 



along the side of the feeding shed, and is connected with the feed bin bv a 

 door through the wall ; thus the feed when mixed ready for use is thrown 

 through the doorway direct into the trollev and conveyed bv the tram line 

 to the feed boxes. 



Stables and \ight Shelter. 



The stables are close by the other buildings. Three draught mares of 

 good type are continuously in use on the farm. Detached stables for 

 housing two pure-bred Ayrshire bulls, with exercise vards, are in close 

 proximity. 



The shelter shed in paddock Xo. 13 is mturally well protected from 

 the prevailing winds, which come from the north and south-west. The 

 shelter shed is built round four sides of a square each .side 200 feet long, 

 or 600 feet in all. It is 10 feet in width and 7 feet high, with iron 

 roof. The rain catchment is diverted into tanks, \\hich in turn feed a 

 drinking trough in the centre of the courtyai'd. 



The shed floors are of brick, and are raised 6 inches above the sur- 

 face le\el of the yard so as to form a platform stand for the cows. This 

 platform is divided by wooden framework into 124 stalls with feed trough 

 at the head so providing accommodation for feeding and housing the herd 

 throughout the year, and also gi\'ing facilities for properb; conserving the 

 solid and liquid manure. 



The Dairy Herd. 



Photograph Xo. 12 shows some of the dairy herd in the recei\ing 

 vard, waiting to be milked. It will be seen from this picture and from 

 photograph Xo. 13, which, represents the whole of the dairv herd, that 

 the Avrshire breed is stronglv predominant in the herd. It is ]Mr. Hope's 

 intention to have nothing but pure-bred Ayrshire cows in the near future. 



