CHAPTER VI 

 THE COW STABLE 



SANITARY AND UNSANITARY BARNS 



A DAIRY barn includes accommodations for 

 feeding, sleeping, drinking, the disposal of waste 

 material, and often a yard for exercise. Cows 

 are tied up by the neck in stanchions, in some 

 parts of the country in the cellar of the barn, 

 in other parts of the country on the second story. 

 In one dairy district cows may stand in short 

 rows running crosswise of the building in the 

 same room with horses and mules. In another 

 dairy district the cows may stand in long rows 

 lengthwise of the building. Barns quickly be- 

 come soiled by cow-feed, cow-bedding, and cow- 

 manure. The air may be filled with dried dust 

 from these sources. The cow's hide often 

 becomes coated with material from the 

 floor. The droppings of dust from the cow's 



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