FARM BUILDINGS, FENCES, GATES 14i 



PLAN FOR A CIRCULAR BARN. FLOOR PLAN. 1 



cows. The two rows 

 of cows face each other 

 with a spacious feed 

 alley between. Ma- 

 nure alleys of requisite 

 width are located be- 

 tween the gutters and 

 the outside walls. The 

 width and depth of 

 manure gutters, the 

 form of feed troughs 

 and the kind of stan- 

 chions, together with 

 many other details, 

 may be obtained from 

 bulletins on this sub- 

 ject. 



Stable Floors. 

 Floors that absorb 

 urine and are difficult 

 to clean should be 

 avoided in cow stables. 

 Of all floor materials 



within reach of the average dairymen, concrete holds first place. It is 

 durable, non-absorbent and can be disinfected without injury. Its chief 



objection is hardness 

 and smoothness; the 

 former may be partially 

 overcome by the liberal 

 use of bedding. Pre- 

 cautions should be taken 

 when making the floor 

 to leave its surface 

 slightly roughened with- 

 out interfering with the 

 ease of cleaning. Con- 

 crete conducts cold 

 more freely than other 

 floor materials. For 

 this reason it should be 

 underlaid with eight 

 inches or more of rather 

 coarsely broken frag- 

 ments of rock. The 

 conductivity may be 



ELEVATION PLAN.' 



i Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Farmer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



