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Louden Step -Back 



Fig. 1151 represents another arrangement to pre- 

 vent the cow from leaving her droppings on the stall 

 floor. It may be applied to any of our steel stalls. 

 It is simply a large spring wire, ^f^-inch diameter, bent 

 as shown in the cut, and adjustably clamped upon 

 the top-rail directly above where the cow stands. It 

 is adjusted so the lower end will be from I to 2 

 inches above the cow's back when she is standing 

 in a natural position, and immediately behind her 

 shoulders. 



When the cow humps her back before evacuating, 

 she will strike it against the wire and this will cause 

 her to step back, so she will deposit her droppings in 

 the gutter. Those who have used this device say it 

 is just the thing and that it is so effective that after 

 it has been used awhile the cow will form a habit of 

 stepping back, when the device may be removed with- 

 out changing the habit. It is a simple, inexpensive 

 p. JJ5J device and is certainly worthy of a trial. 



Patent Pending. This Step-Back is especially adapted for stalls 



where the floor is a little long and when it is used the floor may be made 4 or 3 inches longer than the 

 standard length thus giving the cow more room. The cut shows three of our Fig. 812 Stalls each fitted 

 with a Step-Back. The Louden Step-Back is made for 1^8 and I's O. D. top-rail, and with clamps 

 complete weighs 4J^ lbs. Note: Be sure to specify the size of the top-rail. 



Fig. 940 shows the position a cow assumes when 

 getting up or lying down. She lowers her front end 

 first in lying down and raises it last in getting up. 

 She invariably pitches forward in either getting up 

 or lying down — therefore, the necessity for having 

 the stanchion flexibly anchored so it will swing 

 enough to prevent jamming her shoulders. 



The cut also shows why the cow does not have 

 to strain or jam her knees against the curb to get 

 her feed in our Standardized Mangers as she has to 

 do with flat bottomed mangers. The feed rolls 

 down toward the cow and if any should remain 

 on the far side she will not have to strain to get it. 

 The cut shows the feed-wasting, low-level curb. It 

 should have our High Built-Up Curb to make it 

 complete. 



How to Securely 

 Clamp Metal Parts Together 



1 . Put all the clamps on loosely so the parts 

 can be easily racked to line them up properly. 



2. After they are all in proper position draw 

 the nuts up tight with a wrench. 



Fig. 940 3. When tightly drawn, hit the heads of the 



bolts heavily with a hammer to set them. 

 4. Tighten up the nuts again with a wrench as much as can be safely done. 



When treated this way the bolts will not be liable to get loose but without hammering their heads so 

 as to solidly set them they will be liable to work loose under a strain and especially so under a jar. This 

 is important in attaching clamps of any kind, especially splice clamps for overhead track, couplings and 

 clamps for connecting the tubing of animal stalls and pens together, especially pens to hold vicious bulls 

 and for other purposes requiring solidity and durability of structure. 



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