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time the stables are cleaned, but it is easy to place a cart or spreader 

 where the modern manure carrier can be dumped into it, and this 

 plan seems to have a number of advantages over the other. If a 

 manure carrier and overhead track is to be used, the best arrange- 

 ment is to face the cattle toward a center feed walk. The width of 

 a stable to accommodate two rows of cows, including feed floor, 

 should be not less than 34 feet, and better, 36 feet, while 40 feet in 

 width makes a very desirable stable. Stalls should be from 4 feet 

 6 inches to 5 feet long, only the largest Holstein requiring the latter 



Fig. 4. — Section through a wing joist frame barn in Worcester County, Mass. Gives 

 plenty of storage and room for an excellent stable beneath. 



length. The gutter behind the cows should be narrow enough so 

 that the animal in going into the stall will step over rather than 

 into it; 16 inches is a good width. If the cows face toward the 

 center of the stable, care should be taken to have the walk behind 

 them of good width, at least 5 feet; this is to avoid the wall behind 

 becoming spattered with the droppings and thus increasing the labor 

 in keeping the stable clean and sanitary. 



As previously stated, sunshine is very desirable in the modern 

 sanitary cow stable, and plenty of window space should be supplied. 

 At least 4 square feet of glass per cow is desirable. The only ob- 

 jection to large areas of glass in the stable is the rapid cooling and 



