The Cow Barn 



is also condemned because of the unneces- 

 sary dirt and dust it occasions in the barn. 

 If it be farm utensils they bring a great 

 amount of dirt indoors, which the wind is 

 liable to scatter about on the men and ani- 

 mals, the walls and ceilings, and thereby 

 increase the work of cleaning and also add 

 a chance of defiling the milk. 



Food, in the shape of grain feed piled in 

 a corner, means that dry dust from it will 

 be carried in the air. The odor of silage in 

 the milk is often caused by its presence in 

 the barn rather than by the feeding of it to 

 the cows. This holds equally true of brew- 

 ers' grains. 



Milking utensils, including the forty-quart 

 cans, should not be kept in the barn, which 

 is not an appropriate place for such articles. 

 They belong in the dairy house, the vat 

 room, or the spring house. 



CARE OF THE BARN. 



The barn should be in such condition that 

 cows, when brought clean from the fields or 



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