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THE DAIRYMAN S MANUAL. 



stalls, five by ten feet, and a loose box for a cow^ seven 

 and a half by ten feet, with a passage, in wbicli is a feed 

 bin, room for a fodder cutter and feed box, and stairs to 

 the hay loft. Over the feed box is a hay shute from the 

 loft above. The poultry-house adjoins the passage, from 

 which t>vo doors open into it. This house is eighteen by 

 twelve feet, and has a sloping front of glazed sash. The 



Fig. 15. — PLAN OF STABLE WITH POULTRT-HOCSE. 



roosts are shown in the engraving by the three bars in 

 eacli apartment. The poultry-house is divided into two 

 parts, so that one can be appropriated for young chickens 

 and brooding hens, which is a very convenient method, 

 and avoids the loss of a single chick. At the other end 

 is a yard for manure, with a pig-pen at the rear. 



An Open Cow Shed. — A cheap and convenient open 

 shed for feeding or milking may be built as follows. 



Fig. 16. — oPE^r cow sked. 

 Posts are set in the ground in four rows ten feet apart; 

 the posts in the outer rows being ten feet apart and 

 seven feet above the ground, and those in the inner rows 

 being five feet apart and ten feet high. These posts are 



