578 BOAKD OF AGEICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Cattle are fastened with chains when in stalls in the winter, and 

 in the summer by fixed stanchions ; mangers for feeding ai-e open 

 directly onto the barn floor. 



The front feet of cattle are designed to be three or four inches 

 lower than the manger and barn floor. ]Mangers are swept clean 

 twice a day. 



The fronts of the stalls are provided with upper and lower fold- 

 ing lids, to provide for changes of temperature, ventilation and 

 light. The windows in the rear of the cattle are 30 inches square, 

 and placed on an average of not over 8 feet apart. 



Running water in the barn and in the yard, available as weather 

 permits ; drainage all that could be desired, being on a side hill. 



While the cattle have not been kept all the time in the stable 

 referred to in the data above, their general surroundings and con- 

 dition have been practically the same. 



P.S. One question you ask, as to changes siuce being tested as 

 referred to. We answer none, with the exception that 2 of the 

 cows now present were bought at Brighton with certificate of 

 tuberculin test, — they were bought the day following the killing 

 of 2 condemned animals at Watertown. 



The herd belonging to Mr. C, consisting of 27 animals, 

 was tested Aug. 25 and 26, 1895. Twenty animals reacted 

 to the test and were condemned and killed, post-mortem 

 examination revealing tuberculosis in every case. 



On Dec. 21 and 22, 1896, the remainder of the herd, con- 

 sisting of 9 animals, 7 of which were in the original herd, 2 

 being tested animals that had been purchased after the test 

 of 1895, was again tested. One reacted and was killed, and 

 found to be tuberculous. 



Owner's Statement. 



1 would say that the barn in which the cattle examined by Mr. 

 Dennen in the summer of 1895 were kept is 100 by 40 feet, with 

 L and lean-to. 



The main barn has a driveway the whole length through the 

 middle, with large rolling doors at both ends. The cattle stood 

 on the north-west side, facing the driveway, and were thus in the 

 main barn. 



The lean-to is in the rear of the cattle tie-up, and the portion 

 open toward the cattle is cut into open pens for cattle or horses. 



There is a cellar under the main barn, open on the south-east 

 side, and into the cellar the manure from the cattle is dropped 

 through scuttles. 



