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arches; the floor of the cow stable itself 

 being throughout of concrete and cement, 

 thus eliminating all danger from the con- 

 tents of the cellar being contaminated 

 from the refuse from the floor above. 



Fitrure No. 3 shows a cross-section of 

 the barn through the two- story portion, 

 giving the general dimensions and heights. 

 The heavy 24 inch masonry pillars shown 

 in the cross-section of the vegetable 

 cellar are not continuous walls, but. are 

 only isolated pillars or columns 24 inches 



of 101 feet, but for the balance of the 

 barn the cross-section is the same as 

 shown in figure 4 without cellar. 



Figure No. 5 is taken direct from a 

 photograph a.nd gives a view of the cow 

 barn looking down through the center 

 aisle, this view being taken from a photo- 

 graph when the barn was completed and 

 before it was occupied. 



Figure No. 6 is an interior view taken 

 from a point near the side of the stable, 

 and shows the stalls, each 8 feet in width, 



FIG. 1. 



square, placed 8 feet apart, for supporting 

 steel columns in the interior of the build- 

 ing, which columns in turn support or 

 brace the wooden partitions between the 

 stalls and also support the steel roof 

 trusses of the building. 



Figure No. 4 shows the cross-section 

 of the barn through the main portion, 

 the dimensions being exactly the same as 

 in figure 3, except that there is no cellar 

 under this portion. The root eellar is 

 under one end of the barn for a distance 



with a cement trough or feed box. and the 

 cement gutter behind the stalls to receive 

 the droppings. 



The supporting columns, as will be 

 noticed from Figures 3, 4. 5. and 6. are 

 placed 8 feet apart, that being the width 

 of each stall provision being made for 

 two cows. The cows are confined by 

 tying instead of in the usual manner with 

 stanchels. The feed troughs are V-shaped, 

 formed of wooden planks, which, as 

 shown in both cross-sections Figure 3 and 





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FIG. 2. 



