308 BULLETIN No. 110. [July, 



allow the cattle to interfere with it, also the car over the first bunk 

 ought to be low enough so that it can be reached easily for dumping ; 

 second, the track for the last few lots should be of such a level as to 

 overcome the momentum given the carriers at the start. As it is, 

 the first three carriers out of the barn stop of their own accord over 

 their respective feed bunks. The strength of framework, rope and 

 windlass would have to be very strong to stop the momentum of all 

 the carriers at once. The carriers start from the barn in a series, 

 connected with a rope attached to a windlass in the storage barn. The 

 rope is of such a length between the carriers as to allow each one to 

 stop over a certain feed bunk. Plates i, 10, u, and 13. 



Galvanized iron tanks 2x2x8 feet are so placed that the steers 

 in two lots have access to one tank. These tanks are supplied with 

 water from the University water system. There is a pipe extending 

 from a tap at the bottom to nearly the top of the tank to let the 

 water flow into the drain in case it is left turned on too long. When 

 the tanks are cleaned these pipes are unscrewed from the tap and 

 thus all the water allowed to drain from them. The tank is set in 

 a wooden box the size of which leaves a space of 5 inches between it 

 and the tank, in which may be placed a filler to keep the water from 

 freezing. The box and tank rest upon a platform raised six inches 

 from the pavement. Material for boxing is 1x6 lumber (matched), 

 nailed to 2x4' s. The ends of the 2x4' s are bolted and braced by a 

 ix 1/2 -inch iron strap. This was found necessary in order to keep 

 the cattle from crushing in the ends of the box. A lid on hinges 

 at each end of the tank can be closed down in cold weather to pre- 

 vent the water from freezing or to prevent the. cattle ,from drink- 

 ing at weighing time. Plates 9, 10, and 12. 



The alley is 12 feet wide and, as has been mentioned, paved by 

 placing the brick on edge. The paving extends to the barn and up 

 to the scales. A dip of 4^/2 inches from edge to center of pavement 

 and a fall of 3% feet from storage barn to end of alley, where a 

 drain is located, keeps the alley dry and also serves the purpose 

 of draining the water flowing from the roof of the sheds situated 

 south of the alley. Plates i, 2, and 12. 



LOTS WITH CLOSED SHEDS 



These lots lie to the north of the alley just mentioned. Four of 

 them are 36x36 feet, and one is 48x108 feet. Two of the lots, 

 Nos. 8 and 10, 36x36 feet, are paved; the remainder are unpaved. 

 These lots are not provided with a feed carrier system as are those 

 on the south side of the alley. In other essentials, however, the 

 arrangement is practically the same. 



