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of a direct influence on the quality of the milk pro- 

 duced as long as it is well arranged, properly lighted 

 and ventilated, yet there are some reflections of im- 

 portance which should be considered in connection 

 therewith. In the columns of our agricultural and 

 dairying periodicals we frequently come across the dis- 

 cription of so called "model barns," the model part 

 of which varies, however, as to the point of view 

 from which the owner has started in erecting it. 

 Many of them consult only their own advantage, 

 others try to make their cattle comfortable, some try 

 to combine the interest of both owner and cattle, 

 very few, however, pay any regard to the interest the 

 consuming public may have in the construction of 

 the barn. A barn may be admirably planned for eco- 

 nomical management; when the cattle, are, however, 

 fastened in stanchions on cramped platforms their 

 welfare has not entered on the "model" arrangement, 

 or if a barn, with an otherwise faultless arrangement, 

 stores the manure in a cellar beneath it, then the 

 interest of the public has not been taken into account 

 in laying out the model part of this barn, because it 

 makes it unfit to produce pure and untainted milk, 

 such as we should insist on for the production of 

 normal infants' milk. 



When a farmer or dairyman has no other interests 

 to consult but his own, when building a new barn, he 

 is free to indulge in any eccentricities that may be 

 prompted by a variety of motives, some based on 

 pra?tical experience and economical calculations, 



