THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



calf and bull pens and the implement shed. 

 The space between the plate and the ridge may 

 be used for storing hay for the animals in the 

 building. These, for convenience, should all be 

 on the same floor level, with sliding doors 

 between the rooms so that a handcart or a 

 wheelbarrow can pass easily from one end of 

 the building to the other. A concrete floor 

 made in the proportion of 1:2^:5 — that is, 

 one barrel packed Portland cement to 2^ bar- 

 rels (9.5 cubic feet) loose sand, to 5 barrels 

 (19 cubic feet) loose gravel or broken stone — 

 will last a lifetime and is much more sanitary 

 than the best of wooden floors. 



Before taking up the remodelHng of the other 

 buildings it may be well to go into the question 

 of conveniences, and in these days when satisfac- 

 tor}^ farm labor is so difficult to procure every 

 possible convenience should be installed that Is 

 practical and labor-saving. Some of these In- 

 clude an overhead feed and litter carrier; a cat- 

 tle manger, extending the entire length of the 

 stalls, which is used for water as well as feed; 

 scales for weighing feed ; trv' o or more box stalls 

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