STABLE MANURE 213 



most sanitary arrangements may thus be provided with 

 no great outlay of money, considering the number of cows 

 and the serviceable and sanitary arrangement. 



To construct a stable of this kind, proceed as follows : 

 Place twelve-inch cedar poles fourteen feet in length, two 

 feet into the ground. The base of the posts should be 

 set in concrete in order to give greater bearing surface 

 and to preserve the wood. In setting the posts allow 

 twelve feet to project out of the ground. These posts may 

 be placed twelve feet apart, depending a little on the 

 height the higher the barn, the closer it is necessary to 

 place them. A two-by-six plate is placed on top of these 

 posts, set edgewise to receive the two-by-four rafters 

 placed sixteen inches from the center, upon which the 

 roof boards and roof are placed. The center posts here 

 is where the haymow comes in should be at least eigh- 

 teen feet high, and should be connected and covered in 

 the same manner as described before. 



The roof may be made of cheap roofing material cov- 

 ered with tar and then with sand. The slope of the roof 

 need not be more than one inch a half inch will do 

 for each running foot. If you wish a cheaply constructed 

 stable, using this sort of roofing will secure it. If a leak 

 should occur, all you have to do is to remove the excess 

 gravel, add a little more tar, and then place a patch of 

 paper over the part that leaks. This is covered again 

 with tar and gravel, and the leak is stopped. The more 

 of this patching that is done, the more durable the roof 

 becomes. It is simple, and can be accomplished with ease 

 at any season of the year. 



For this kind of roofing, steep-pitch roofs must be 

 avoided, for the reason that during the summer months 

 the tar softens from the heat of the stm and not infre- 

 quently runs off the roof. 



