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Fig. 57. 



In remodelling the barn, the stable was extended well beyond the 

 old barn and adequate space was provided for a feed work center. 

 The old barn has adequate hay capacity for the larger herd. 



stall a barn cleaner at a later date. 



The intent of this section on barn 

 design is not to discuss or mention all 

 the important labor saving situations 

 in a barn that may be important five 



years hence, but to emphasize the 

 need for dairy farmers to study their 

 chore problems in some detail before 

 building a barn or remodelling. (See 

 Appendix II.) 



XI Calves 



The previous sections have been 

 confined to the chores associated di- 

 rectly with care of cows. This sec- 

 tion is devoted to the work with 

 calves. 



The operator of a 40-cow farm in 

 this state will usually have from two 



to six cows freshening each month.* 

 He will select from 10 to 13 heifer 

 calves a year to raise as replacements. 



* U N H Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Technical Bulletin 86 (1945), Analysis of Cer- 

 tain Factors Involved in Dairy Herd Manage- 

 ment in New Hampshire by K. S. Morrow, 

 H. A. Keener, and C. N. Hall. 



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