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-Let the crib be eighteen inches wide at the bottom with 

 a slanting side next the feeding floor. Lath the inside, 

 and plaster with good, strong cement, and you will have 

 a crib which will always be smooth and easily kept sweet 

 and clean. Space off your stalls 3 to 4 feet wide, according 

 to the size of your cows. Place a solid partition 2 ft. 

 wide between each two stalls in front of the stanchions. 

 The crib is to be divided by sliding doors three feet high, 

 each door being fitted to the bottom of the crib, secured 

 by cleats, and attached by a chain to a gas pipe, running 

 the whole length of the stable, and furnished with crank 

 and ratchet. When this crank is turned, all the doors will 

 be lifted out of the wa}'-, and the crib easily swept or 

 washed out as may be necessary. 



Light. — The cow, if she could speak, when asked what 

 she most desired, would most assuredly answer '■^More 

 Light.'''' And in answer to her request, let at least one- 

 third of the front of the stable be made of glass, kept 

 clean. If you were stopping at a hotel a,nd were put into 

 a dark bedroom, there would be very likely to be some 

 lively kicking in the morning, when paying the bill. She 

 pays her bills both night and morning, and without kick- 

 ing ; give her accommodations according to her returns. 



The upper portion of the windows should be hung on 

 Mnges for local ventilation, but the general system of 

 ventilation will be at the top of the roof, so adjusted as to 

 IdQ opened and shut by ropes on the floor, as the outside 

 temperature may demand. Let the covering of the stable 

 be not only rain, but wind proof. 



Yard. — Let the yard be ample for daily exercise, in the 

 free sunshine, without which no creature can long remain 

 in good health. The unobstructed rays of the sun are our 

 most potent remedies for the destruction of all kinds of 

 bacterial life. 



Have large roomy sheds built on two sides of the yard. 



