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Journal of Agriculture, Vicloria. 



[lo Jan., 1912. 



does away with the angles and corners which are formed wliere the usual 

 practice is followed. This prevents cobwebs, dirt, &c., from accumu- 

 lating, and the walls can also be more readily washed with a mop or swab. 

 As shown, the floor provides a raised kerbing, dung space, and gutter 

 at the rear of the cow. A brick cess pit is also provided on the outside 

 of building ; this is connected with the brick gutter by an open iron 

 gutter, the end of which projects ih in., and allows the fluid to flow into 

 a kerosene tin placed in the pit. 



Timbers should be tarred or painted, preferably before trection. The 

 approximate cost of material landed on truck at Melbourne is jQ6 17s. 



Material for Tzvo-hail Milking Shed. 

 Hardwood — 



4 in. X 4 in. — two g ft. ; three 7 ft. lengths. 



3 in. X 3 in. — one 7 ft. length. 



4 in. X i^ in. — four 12 ft. ; two 11 ft. ; eleven 9 ft. ; two 8 ft. ; four 5 ft. ; 



two 4 ft. ; two 3 ft. lengths. 

 3 in. X I5 in. — four 12 ft. ; seven 9 ft. leng'.hs. 

 3 in. \- I in. — two 14 ft. ; one 12 ft. length. 

 Corrugated galvanized iron, 26 gauge — ten 6 ft. lengths (roof). 

 Small corrugated galvanized iron, 26 gauge — eleven g ft. ; four S ft. lengths 

 (walls). 



Springhead nails, 2^ in. — 2 lbs. 



