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Plate 14. Floor plan of two-story cow stable. 

 131, B. A. I., U. S. Dept. Agr. 



From Circular 



than to places where cows need good protection during a long 

 winter. The one-story stable is also supposed to be easily kept 

 clean because the feed is brought in and the manure taken out 

 of the building each day and the concrete floor of the entire 

 building flushed with water daily if desired. The manure is re- 

 moved from the building by carriers on an elevated track and 

 feed brought in by the same means by from nearby feed barns. 



These same aids to clean cows and clean milk may be had in 

 a two-story cow stable and in cold climates the hay loft over the 

 cows helps to keep them warm in winter. 



713. The necessary ventilation should be provided in either 

 type of stable, although the one-story building in a mild climate 

 has less need of such provision than the two-story stables of 

 colder countries. The details of construction for sanitary cow 

 stables have been worked out by building firms and dealers in 

 farm machinery. Bulletins on the subject are also published by 

 the IJ. S. Department of Agriculture at Washington and by a 



