

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The basement barn is tbe least sanitary type. It is built by excavating in the 

 side of a hill, so that a great deal of needed sunlight is cut off. The basement barn 

 : in, but usually lacks light and proper ventilation. 



The covered yard is another system of housing used by some with entire satis- 

 faction. The plan consists in having a large shed or covered yard into which the 



e are turned between milkings. The roughage is eaten from racks while 

 and the grain is fed at milking-time while they are tied up. The milking-stable 

 should be sanitary, but need not be large, elaborate, or expensive. An old barn can 

 often be used for the exercise-shed, and a small sanitary milking-stable can be built 



Rutherford system of ventilation. 



adjoining. A disadvantage of this system is the large amount of bedding required 

 to keep the cows clean in the open shed. The animals, however, obtain the maximum 

 amount of freedom. They must be dehorned fcr this system to work satisfactorily. 



