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FARM MECHANICS 



cal arrangement to fetch and carry. The only floor 

 carrier in use in dairy stables is a truck for silage. 

 Not in every stable is this the case. Sometimes a feed 

 carrier is run directly to the silo. It 

 depends a good deal on the floor what 

 kind of a carrier is best for silage. 

 The advantage of an overhead track 

 is .that it is always free from litter. 

 Where floor trucks are used, it is 

 necessary to keep the floor bare of 

 obstruction. This is not considered 

 a disadvantage because the floor 

 should be kept clean anyway. 



HOUSE PLUMBING 



When water is pumped by an en- 

 gine and stored for use in a tank to 

 be delivered under pressure in the 

 house, then the additional cost of hot 

 and cold water and the necessary sink 

 and bath room fixtures is compara- 

 tively small. Modern plumbing fix- 

 tures fit so perfectly and go together 

 so easily that the cost of installing 

 Figure 235. Cow house plumbing in the country has 



Stanchion. Wooden . n -i i i >i j_i 



cow stanchions been materially reduced, while the 

 thl dangers from noxious gases have been 



on w s s . as the iron entirely eliminated. Open ventilator 

 pipes carry the poisonous gases up 

 through the roof of the house to float harmlessly away 

 in the atmosphere. Septic tanks take care of the sew- 

 erage better than the sewer systems in some towns. 

 Plumbing fixtures may be cheap or expensive, accord- 

 ing to the wishes and pocketbook of the owner. The 



