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263. Arrangement of barns and yard. — The buildings other 

 than the barn proper are all arranged both with the idea of con- 

 venience and also of protecting the barnyard from winds. The 

 milk house, ice house and garage form the west side of the yard. 

 On the east is another barn with an open basement. The basement 

 is designed to furnish a shelter and feedirg place for young stock 

 and dry stock, since it is convenient to the silo and feed room. 

 The bull pen will go in this barn. Up over this basement or covered 

 barnyard is to be stored the hay for the young stock. Along the 

 north side of the covered barnyard is shown the feed alley for the 

 young stock. It is intended that the manure should go through 

 this alley into a manure pit on the east. Along this alley are to be 

 mangers in which the young stock are to receive their grain. It is 

 intended that they shall be tied up only a short time while they 

 are eating their grain and silage, with the idea that they will 

 have free access to hay in racks somewhere else in the covered 

 barnyard. 



Two silos are shown. The smaller one will be used as a summer 

 silo. 



264. The plan of management. — The open barnyard is very 

 well protected on the north, west and east sides. On pleasant days 

 the dairy cows can be turned out into the sun. If it is a little too 

 cold for the milking cows to go out into the open barnyard, the 

 3 T oung stock running in the covered barnyard can be turned out 

 into the open barnyard and the milking cows put into the covered 

 barnyard for their exercise. This will enable the dairyman to 

 insure reasonable exercise for his cows every day and he can take 

 care of his young stock in the open barnyard with a minimum of 

 labor. This covered barnyard connected with the sheltered yard 

 and stable will insure the maximum of comfort with a minimum 

 of labor. 



265. Care of the manure. — It is planned to build a manure 

 shed with pit at the east end of the feed alley shown in the covered 

 barnyard. Then the manure can go easily from both the stable 

 and the covered yard to this manure shed. We believe a manure 

 shed should be provided because it is seldom convenient to get out 



