BULLETIN No. 143 



| February, 



RE- ARRANGEMENT OF BARN TO ACCOMMODATE 40 COWS 



If it is desired to keep cows in stalls in a round barn of this 

 size, the circular manger can be enlarged to 38 feet in diameter, 

 which gives room for forty cows, as shown in Fig. 25, and the silo, 

 to hold sufficient silage to feed the year round, enlarged to 18 feet 

 in diameter. The present mow room is sufficient to store enough 

 hay and bedding for this number of cows. 



The barn on the Twenty-acre Demonstration Dairy Farm was 

 built this large, as it was thought it might be desired at some fu- 

 ture time to increase the size of the farm and herd, and the barn 

 could easily be changed to accommodate a larger herd by simply 

 enlarging the silo, without rebuilding the barn. 



Fir,. 25. SHOWING HOW THIS 60-EooT BARN MAY BE ARRANGED TO ACCOMMO- 

 DATE 40 COWS IN STALES. To SUPPLY THIS SIZED HERD AND THE NECESSA K V 

 YOUNG STOCK WITH SILAGE FOR EIGHT MONTHS WOULD REQUIRE A 370-TON 

 SILO, OR ONE 18 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 56 FEET DEEP; WlTH A SEVEN- 

 FOOT FEED ALLEY AND A 2 >^ -FOOT MANGER, THE CIRCLE AT THE STANCHIONS 

 WOULD BE 38 FEET IN DIAMETER, OR H9J/3 FEET IN CIKCl'MFKRENCE; 



ALLOWIKC. 4 J 4 M-.I.T j < H TWO PASSAGE WANS, THE STALLS WOULD IM-: 2 i I-I-T 



INCHES WIDE AT THE STANCHION, AND 3 1I-.KT d INCHES AT THE DROP. 



