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has broad windows, four feet apart, the whole length, 

 that let in a flood of sunlight in which the cows bask 

 in comfort when the rough winds of winter howl'with- 

 out. Tliese windows are furnished with green house- 

 blinds for protection against the sun in the summer, and. 

 are furnished with wire screens to exclude flies and admit 

 air, when in the warm weather the lower parts of the win- 

 dows are removed. The stable is then darkened, and by 

 the observance of cleanliness and the liberal use of Persian 

 insect powder, the cows are able to rest in peace during 

 the middle and hottest hours of the day, lying unmolested 

 and making milk liberally in return for the comforts 

 afforded . 



There is a manure cellar under the whole barn, and 

 the gutter is emptied by trap doors in it. The floor is 

 double and water-tight, and a coat of tar is laid between 

 the two plankings. The cellar is closed in by windows 

 and tight doors, so that the stable is kept free from cold 

 drafts in this direction. The whole building is air-tight, 

 and the upper floor is of matched boards, so that in the 

 coldest weather the manure in the gutter does not freeze. 

 The broad, roomy feeding floor is occupied by a fodder 

 cutter, meal bins, and a large feed box for mixing feed. 

 A pump, connected with both a cistern and a spring, 

 stands near the feed trough. On the west side of the barn 

 is a building, D, occupied as horse stable, carriage and 

 v^'agon house, tool and store room. This has a door on 

 the south end and a passageway from it past the stables 

 and through the other places to the cow barn. At the 

 other end of the cow barn are the large doors opening 

 into an open shed connecting with the calf pens and bull 

 pen and yard, and the small door for the entrance and 

 exit of the cows. The yard, E, is provided with a long 

 water trough, supplied from a pump connected with a 

 spring near by. This trough is pivoted at the ends in 

 frames, so that when not in use it is turned bottom up- 



