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to stock, when stanchioned, comes when lying down. 

 When standing, there is freedom of movement, but when 

 the animal is down and attempts to rise, it is held fast. 

 Stanchions made as here shown, avoid this. The neck- 

 latches a, b, are not fastened at the bottom, but pass 

 through the side block c, which rests on the lower stringer. 

 By making this side block about eight inches shorter 

 than the space between the uprights d and c, a swinging 

 motion is obtained that gives considerable freedom. The 

 bolt through the neck latch a, in the upper stringer, 



Fig. 11. STANCHION FOE DAIRY COWS. 



should not be screwed up snug, but leave the latch a 

 chance to play. It is usually the plan to set stanchions 

 in a perpendicular position, and if the upper stringer is 

 pitched over against the manger about eight inches, a 

 great gain is made in the ease afforded the animal when 

 it gets up, as its shoulder by this plan does not strike 

 squarely against the latches, and avoids the necessity of 

 "hitching back/' to clear the stanchions, and thus pre- 

 vents the extra strain and exertion often noticed in per- 

 fectly rigid, and upright stanchions. 



