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floor will be sufiBcienfc, and forty dollars will be amply 

 sufficient to supply a family cow with every comfort and 

 convenience. The floor should be of cement or brick, or 

 of hard-rammed clay. Wood is the least desirable floor. 

 A cement floor is the best, and if well made it is vermin- 

 proof. It should be made of one part of Rosendale 

 cement and three parts clean sand, mixed dry and then 

 with water into a thin mortar, to which add seven parts 

 of coarse gravel. This should be laid three inches deep 

 and have a top coat of half an inch of the clear mortar 

 for a finish. A washing with a few pails of water occa- 



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sionally will clean off such a floor and keep.it sweet. 

 The safest manner of fastening for a cow is a broad 

 leather strap around the neck, with a ring in it, and a 

 short rope tied into an auger-hole near the top 'of the 

 front of the trough, having a snap-hook attached to the 

 free end. 



A plan for a stable to accommodate the family cow 

 and one or two horses, with a poultry-house annexed, and 

 suitable for a modest country residence, is given at fio-. 

 ures 14 and 15. The central part comprises two horse 



