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acting switch, thereby putting into operation a blower 

 that forces air through an electric heating devise so 

 arranged as to distribute the warmed air to all parts 

 of the hands at the same time. The supply of hot air 

 continues as long as the foot pedal is depressed. The 

 hands are thoroughly dried in thirty seconds. 



STALLS FOR MILCH GOATS 



Milch goats are not fastened with stanchions like 

 cows. The front of the manger is boarded tight with 

 the exception of a round hole about two feet high and 

 a slit in the boards reaching from the round opening to 



Figure 232. Hog Catching Hook. The wooden handle fits loosely 

 into the iron socket. As soon as the hog's hind leg is engaged the 

 wooden handle is removed and the rope held taut. 



within a few inches of the floor. The round hole is 

 made large enough so that the goat puts her head 

 through to reach the feed, and the slit is narrow enough 

 so she cannot back up to pull the feed out into the stall. 

 This is a device to save fodder. 



STABLE HELPS 



Overhead tracks have made feed carriers possible. 

 Litter or feed carriers and manure carriers run on the 

 same kind of a track, the only difference is in size and 

 shape of the car and the manner in which the contents 

 are unloaded. Manure carriers and litter carriers have 

 a continuous track that runs along over the manure 

 gutters and overhead lengthwise of the feed alleys. 

 There are a number of different kinds of carriers man- 



