Fig. 7. The operator has provided a dehnite place in the feeding vvorli center 

 for each cart used in feeding. One cart is never in the way of other 

 activities. 



The chore work schedules can then 

 be organized so that all cleaning op- 

 erations, except the occasional hoeing 

 back of a cow, are done at one period 

 by one man, thus involving only lim- 

 ited travel to and from the cleaning 

 work center. The transfer of a 

 worker's activity from feeding to 

 milking center would involve only 

 travel the width of the barn. 



In one barn individual tasks were 

 done efficiently, but the chore records 

 indicated that the man walked 1300 

 feet daily in traveling from one job 

 to another. With minor changes in 

 chore schedules this could be reduced 

 to 600 feet. 



Operators are installing carts for 

 transporting feed and bedding. Ob- 

 servations indicate the importance of 

 special storage space (See Fig. 7) 

 where these can be available (either 

 loaded ready for use or empty) and 

 yet not in the way of other chore 

 work. On one farm, for instance, the 

 operator had to move a grain cart 

 out of the way before he could com- 

 plete the feeding of silage and later 

 had to move the silage cart in order 

 not to interfere with grain feeding. 



The development of a few work 

 centers for doing chores enables the 



operator to take advantage of im- 

 proved chore schedules to cut travel, 

 and to simplify placement of tools and 

 equipment. 



While these three main work cen- 

 ters are suggested, other satisfactory 

 arrangements are possible. Thus on 

 several farms, the storage place for 

 bedding could not be located at the 

 manure disposal end of the barn be- 

 cause of the difficulty of putting saw- 

 dust into it. One operator built his 

 sawdust storage in the feed work cen- 

 ter area. This arrangement may not 

 be ideal, but it is workable and prac- 

 tical. 



Circular Travel 



The arrangement of stalls and 

 alleyways to permit the doing of 

 chores by traveling in a circle as 

 shown in Fig. 8, enables the operator 

 to begin and end most chore tasks at 

 the work center with a minimum of 

 back travel. The tools and equip- 

 ment needed for a task are back in 

 place and the worker is prepared to 

 start the next job. Grain is fed in 

 one trip around the cows or up and 

 back along the feed alley. Bedding 

 is distributed in one trip around the 

 gutter alleyway. One trip with a 



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