376 Rural Architecture. 



this is true the floor will only have this temperature and 

 will not lead to inconvenience if other conditions are right. 

 In the second place no animal should be required to lie 



PIG. 174. Rectangular barn with driveway to first and third floors. ' Same 



as Fig. 173. 



even upon a naked wood floor and when plenty of bedding 

 is provided the cement floor is not too cold for warm stables 

 kept clean. 



458. The Use of Bedding. No farmer who is attempting 

 to maintain the fertility of his land at the standard of best 

 yield can afford to use no bedding or even a scanty supply. 

 He can better afford to overfeed with hay so that the least 

 nutritious portions are rejected and use this for bedding, 

 than go without, because the extra amount of manure made 

 and the greater comfort and cleanliness of his animals will 

 pay a good return for it. The waste roughage of the farm, 

 when used as bedding and mixed with, the manure, in- 

 creases the value of both because it increases the total 

 quantity of manure? so much that the fields can be dressed 

 more frequently, thus holding the humus content higher 



