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moving any disagreeable air which may gather ; but on 

 entering the stable in the mornmg there is nothing of 

 this kind perceptible. 



The cows, trained to it, walk into the stable and take 

 their proper places without trouble, when they are fas- 

 tened from the other side of the feed trough, where a 

 partition three feet high closes in the stall, and they can 

 be let loose in the same way. When the weather is too 

 rough the cows are watered in the stalls from the pump 

 in the stable. At other times the cows are turned out in 

 the yard for water and for a run of two or three hours, 

 or they may lie in the open shed, which is well littered 

 with dry leaves from the wood lot. 



This arrangement has been the result of a gradual 

 growth of practice and experience during many years, 

 and has been found satisfactory, with perhaps one ex- 

 ception, and that is the addition of a silo for preserving 

 green fodder for use in the winter. This, however, we 

 look upon more in the light of an experiment to be tried, 

 as with a roomy cellar under a part of the barn for man- 

 gels and beets, which are used in the winter, a silo may 

 be easily dispensed with. 



The plan of the stable is shown at figure 9. The 

 main building is the central part, and every other 

 part can be reached by the outer door, i/, which is next 

 to the dwelling. Near this door is the cow's hospital, /, 

 where calving animals are kept for a few days until ready 

 to go in the dairy. The open shed is at A, and a door 

 leads from this into the feeding floor, and from this a 

 door leads outside into the pasture and another into the 

 buildings, D, The bull pen and yard are at F, and the 

 separate calf pens at G. A gate is made in the end calf 

 pen through which the cows may go at times into the 

 field in the rear. At H is the manure shed with feeding 

 racks near it. The outer yard is at K, A large gate 

 affords entrance into this yard and through the lane, L, 



