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Louden Maternity Pen, Curb Construction — Fig. 995 



Many cows have been injured and calves lost for the lack of suitable quarters in calving. The Louden 

 Maternity Pen has been designed to supply this want and to save this loss to the dairy farmer. That it 

 "fills the bill" in the most satisfactory manner is the verdict of all who have used it. It is so simple and 

 will be so easily understood that any extended description is hardly necessary. 



Suffice to say that it is composed of tubular steel uprights with corner posts set in a concrete curb and 

 held at the upper ends on a tubular steel top-rail by means of our dust-proof malleable iron connections. 

 It is provided with a tubular steel gate hung to the gate post by our adjustable center pivot hinges, 

 and is held in closed position by one of our safety hold-shut latches, elsewhere described. The gate 

 posts are extended above the top of the pen and are connected together by a tubular steel arch-rail. 



It is also provided with a galvanized feed manger set on a pivot so it can be tilted in for feeding and 

 tilted out for filling or cleaning, being held in either position by drop-pins mounted in the frame of the pen 

 above the manger. By lifting these drop-pins the manger may be tilted out until it rests on the floor, 

 where it will be easily washed or disinfected. The upper edge of the manger nextthe cow is bound with a 

 slotted tube to make a round edge and thus avoid sharp corners to injure the cow's neck. 



The Louden Maternity Pen may be constructed in two ways. 1st, by inserting the fillers as well as the 

 posts in the concrete curb as shown by Fig. 995; and 2d, by connecting them to a bottom rail, as shown 

 by Fig. 996. The former is much the best way as well as cheaper. 1 1 is considerably stronger and is more 

 easily kept clean. 



Two or more Louden Maternity Pens are a necessity in any dairy barn. They are ideal as hospitals 

 during sickness in the herd. Besides, there is a simple artistic beauty about the Louden pens that helps 

 to set off the appearance of the stock to the best advantage. Many breeders say they are a good invest- 

 ment for this feature alone. 



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