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keep our hay from becoming permeated with the breath of 

 the cattle and the odor of the manure in the barn cellar. 

 To prove my faith in this doctrine, I will say that I have 

 already begun the construction of a stock barn ; and, that 

 you may the better understand my proposed work, I have 

 prepared a plan for your inspection. 



You will observe that my barn stands east and west. 

 Now, my proposed cow barn will extend southward from 

 the centre, and at a right angle with the main barn. It 

 will be joined to the barn with a brick partition between, 

 and the door leading from one to the other will be of iron. 

 In the case of fire in the main barn, with this arrangement 

 the possibilities of saving my cattle are greatly enhanced, 

 and the chances of the main structure catching on fire are 

 far greater than of the stock barn. The new building will 

 be seventy-five by forty feet in dimensions, with eight-foot 

 posts and monitor roof. The last will have windows its 

 entire length, and the distance between these will be only 

 the width of the casing. The superstructure will be also 

 liberally furnished with windows. At the south end will be 

 a door of ample width to allow the passing of a two-horse 

 team. The iron door will be of the same width, and thus 

 you will perceive that I can drive over the floor of the main 

 barn and into the cow stable. It will have a cellar under 

 the whole, and passageways will lead from near the angles 

 formed by the barn and stable to the cellar below the former. 

 Here the cows can drink and exercise in the winter season. 



Another essential to the care and management of dairy 

 stock is the furnishing of a supply of pure water. It is my 

 custom to water my cows twice a day in cold weather, and 

 the water is always warmed to the temperature of eighty to 

 eighty-five degrees. That warm water is desirable and every 

 way better for cows than that usually given them, is no 

 guess-work on my part, for I have learned it by actual and 

 repeated tests. I have raised and lowered my supply of 

 milk by changing from one to the other. I warm the water 

 in the watering trough by means of a pipe running from the 

 steam heater in my residence to the barn cellar and the 

 trough ; but, were I without this convenient means of warm- 

 ing the water, I would carry hot water from the house, 



