MODEL FARMS. 



every day. They get this exercise and fresh air regularly, even in the coldest weather, 

 except during severe storms. 



An abundance of pure air has been provided for in every apartment in which live-stock 

 of any kind is kept. The high ceilings (11 feet) of the cow-stable, and of the stables injhe 

 basement of the 75 barn, 



have already been mentioned. 



Two large ventilating trunks 



go from the cellar to the ven 

 tilators in the roof; others, 



with slides at floor and ceiling, 



pass up independently from the 



stables and cow-floor, but ad 

 joining those from the cellar; 



besides, everywhere there are 



windows hung by weights, 



which not only admit light and 



sunshine, making the stables 



light even to the innermost 



corners, but giving in summer, 



or sultry weather, all the fresh 



air any cow can need. The 



result is, that no temporary 



neglect or carelessness can 



cause bad odors, or vitiated air 

 to prevail. And what is even 



of greater importance, if in 

 fectious disease should occur, 



the rapid change of air which 



is obtained night and day offers 



the greatest security against its 



spread. The system of feeding 



that is followed is very simple: 



mixed bran and meal are fed 



upon cut feed twice a day. 

 One good meal of roots is given 

 by themselves. Mangels and 

 sugar-beets are the only roots 

 used, and the cows have besides 

 all the dry hay they will eat. 



Everything is of the sweet 

 est and purest character the 

 hay, fragrant; the few corn 

 stalks used, thoroughly cured 

 and free from mustiness; the 

 corn-meal, corn and oats, and 

 bran (50 -pound stuff), of the 

 best quality. Thus, nothing 

 can be eaten by the cows in the stable which can affect the milk unfavorably, and everything 

 contributes to its high flavor and excellence. The proportions between mangels and meal, 

 vary according to the abundance of the former. When a full crop of roots is harvested, the 

 quantity fed is profitably increased. 



