THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



and horses near each other, will more than com- 

 pensate for any extra expense. Moreover, the 

 carriage house may be moved off and used for 

 a piggery, which would otherwise have to be 

 built. Running water should be provided in 

 all the buildings; and this can be done easily 

 where they are placed on foundation walls with- 

 out cellars under them. The water pipe will 

 enter through the foundation wall below the 

 frost line and connect there with a small frost- 

 proof hydrant which does away with all danger 

 of water freezing in the pipe. 



In placing and remodelling a cow stable it 

 will always be well to consider carefully whether 

 such a step is worth the expense. The mod- 

 ern sanitary stables are so entirely different from 

 those used twenty-five years ago that the cost 

 of making them conform to modern ideas would 

 be about as great as building new ones. If but- 

 ter is to be made and sold at fancy prices, do not 

 waste time in remodelling an old building. On 

 the other hand, if dual-purpose cattle are to be 

 kept for raising baby beef, and the milk used 

 merely for home consumption, then utilize the 

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