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tion to be sufficiently ventilated, and for this purpose to be provided with a 

 sufficient number of openings into the external air to keep the air in the 

 cowshed in a wholesome condition. 



Cleansing. — 5. (i) Every cowkeeper shall cause every part of the interior 

 of every cowshed in his occupation to be thoroughly cleansed from time to 

 time as often as may be necessary to secure that such cowshed shall be at all 

 times reasonably clean and sweet. 



(2) Such person shall cause the ceiling or interior of the roof, and the 

 walls of every cowshed in his occupation, to be properly limewashed twice at 

 least in every year, that is to say, once during the month of May, and once 

 during the month of October, and at such other times as may be necessary. 



Provided that this requirement shall not apply to any part of such ceiling, 

 roof, or walls, that may be properly painted, or varnished, or constructed of 

 or covered with any material such as to render the limewashing unsuitable or 

 inexpedient, and that may be othervvise properly cleansed. 



(3) He shall cause the floor of every such cowshed to be thoroughly swept, 

 and all dung and other offensive matter to be removed from such cowshed as 

 often as may be necessary, and not less than once in every day. 



Drainage. — 6. (i) Every cowkeeper shall cause the drainage of every 

 cowshed in his occupation to be so arranged that all liquid matter which may 

 fall or be cast upon the floor may be conveyed by a suitable open channel 

 to a drain inlet situate in the open air at a proper distance from any door or 

 window of such cowshed, or to some other suitable place of disposal which is 

 so situate. 



(2) He shall not cause or suffer any inlet to any drain of such cowshed to 

 be within such cowshed. 



Water- Supply. — 7. (i) Every cowkeeper shall keep in, or in connection 

 with, every cowshed in his occupation a supply of water suitable and sufficient 

 for all such purposes as may from time to time be reasonably necessary. 



(2) He shall cause any receptacle which may be provided for such water 

 to be emptied and thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as may be 

 necessary to prevent the pollution of any water that may be stored therein, 

 and where such receptacle is used for the storage only of water he shall cause 

 it to be properly covered and ventilated, and so placed as to be at all times 

 readily accessible. 



Part II. 



The Regulations in Part I., and also the following Regulation, shall apply 

 to all cowsheds other than those the cows from which are habitually grazed on 

 grass land during the greater part of the year, and when not so grazed, are 

 habitually turned out during a portion of each day. 



8. A cowkeeper shall not cause or allow any cowshed in his occupation to 

 be occupied by a larger number of cows than will leave not less than eight 

 hundred feet of air-space for each cow. 



Provided as follows : — 



{a) In calculating the air-space for the purposes of this Regulation, no space 

 shall be reckoned which is more than sixteen feet above the floor ; 

 but if the roof or ceiling is inclined, then the mean height of the same 

 above the floor may be taken as the height thereof for the purposes 

 of this Regulation. 



