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number of state agricultural experiment stations. Space will 

 not permit more than a general discussion of some of the essential 

 features needed in a sanitary cow stable, but such plans are 

 numerous and easily obtained, nearly every agricultural college 

 will supply blue prints and publications on application, and some 

 manufacturing firms make a specialty of furnishing plans and 

 specifications for dairy barns appropriate to the needs of the 

 applicant. 



Plate 15. Cross sections of stable shown in Plate 14. 



714. The location of the stable should be on well drained 

 land and near a satisfactory water supply. This is self-evident. 

 It is also well known that protection of the stable from the hot 

 sun and .from cold storms by means of trees or a side hill will 



