126 PROFITABLE DAIRYING 



where inches count. A rigid stanchion should not be 

 used at all. The swing stanchion, fastened at top and 

 bottom with a few links of chain, so as to allow a 

 play of two inches or thereabouts, back and front, will 

 be found satisfactory. The swing stanchion turning 

 upon a pivot, stationary at top and bottom, does good 

 work, but is not as satisfactory as the former. This 

 is a point upon which dairymen differ in opinion, 

 and each is left to his choice. The use of the swing 

 stanchion lightens the task of keeping cows clean 

 better than any other method. 



Sloping partitions reaching within a foot of the 

 drop should separate the cows. This prevents in- 

 juries to udders and teats by cows stepping on each 

 other. The space between the end of the partition 

 and the drop leaves room for the milking stool. In 

 front of the cows a similar partition should be placed 

 for each alternate cow. This permits each cow's 

 feed to be placed where the next cow cannot steal 

 it, and each may eat her own food unmolested. It 

 allows a watering device to be placed between two 

 cows, so as to be available to each. A cast iron salt 

 box should be bolted to each side of the manger par- 

 titions so that each cow may have her individual 

 salt dish. 



VENTILATION 



Nothing in the construction of the barn is more 

 important, and at the same time more difficult, to 

 secure than ventilation. Much has been written upon 

 this subject; a great deal of what has been said 

 has been based upon erroneous ideas of aerial cir- 

 culation. All successful ventilation must be based 



