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THE 1RRIGA TTON A GE. 



end of the main building. A large class- 

 room is located between the two wings. 

 The main building^is three stories high 

 and the wings two stories. The material 



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FIG. 2. Front view of cow stall. 

 for filling the silo, the hay bays, and the 

 straw for bedding, as well as the grain, is 

 taken* into the top floor, a steel trestle of 

 moderate grade leading up to it, as shown 



second floor may be termed a "store room" 

 for feed, etc, , while the main floor is taken 

 up by the milk room, herdsman's room, 

 hospital for the stock, etc. 



The cow stable proper, to which we 

 wish to call especial attention, is located in 

 the left wing of the barn. It is 10 by 70 

 feet lined throughout with corrugated gal- 

 vanized sheeting, and as the walls and 

 ceilings can thus be washed whenever nec- 

 essary with a hose and scrub brush, per- 

 fect cleanliness is insured. The floor is 

 of Portland cement and crushed granite, 

 with a slightly sloping surface, leading all 

 water used in washing and scrubbing to 

 the sewer drains. 



Fig. 1 shows a cross section of the 

 floor and mangers of the stable. The 

 mangers are built up from and composed 

 of the same material as the floor. The 

 manure gutters behind the cows are 16 

 inches wide and slope toward the center of 

 the stable where a trap can be opened 

 connecting with a sewer to be used only 

 in flushing out the stable with water. The 

 manger is so arranged as to be used for 

 watering as well as feeding. The water 



Fig. 3.-Plan 



in the illustration. A wagon scale is lo- 

 cated at the entrance, so that everything 

 may be weighed, and the ensilage and fod- 

 der cutter are also on this floor. By trap 

 doors and a little machinery the ensilage 

 is dropped into the silo, the cut food, grain 

 and bedding to the lower floors. The 



of cow stall. 



flows into the manger at either end from a 

 pipe, and can be drained into the sewer by 

 removing a valve, as the mangers, too, 

 slope slightly toward the center. The 

 barn is arranged for thirty-six cows, with 

 the two rows of stalls facing each other 

 and a ten-foot passage between, wide 



