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THE dairyman's MAKUAt. 



shown at figures 17 and 18. The posts in front are 

 twelve feet in hight, and the rear ones eight. The 

 boards are put on vertically, and battened on the sides. 

 The roof is made of rough boards laid double, and 

 breaking joints, so that it will not leak. The box for 



FEED 



ROOM 



OPEN SHED. 

 7K14 



MEAL 

 BOX 



FEEDINa 

 PASSAGE. 



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STALL FOR COW 



Fig. 18.— PLAN OF CHEAP COW STABLE. 



the cow is eight by ten feet and six feet four inches 

 high, and has a feed passage four by eight feet adjoining 

 it. The middle portion of the building is an open shed, 

 seven by fourteen feet, which is used for storing muck, 

 protecting the manure heajD from the rains, etc. 



CHAPTER X. 



WATER SUPPLY. 



A COPIOUS supply of pure water is indispensable for a 

 dairy. This is one point to which particular attention 

 should be given in selecting a farm for this use. A 

 clear, cool, running stream through the pasture, and 

 near the barn, is the most convenient source for the 

 supply of the cows ; but unless the farm controls the 

 springs from which the stream issues it is apt to be the 



