148 DAIRY FARMING 



QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 



1. What materials are used for barn floors in your region? 

 Describe the floor in some good barn, and tell how it was 

 made. 



2. What different kinds of stanchions are used ? 



3. Are manure carriers used in any barns? If so, what kind is 

 used, and what did it cost? 



4. Does any barn in the region have the King system of ventila- 

 tion? If so, describe it. 



5. If any barn has been built in the region in the past few years, 

 find the cost per cow. 



6. Draw a floor plan for a barn to hold 6 horses, 15 cows, and 

 young stock. Or change the numbers of stock to suit the condi- 

 tions. Show dimensions of stalls, mangers, etc., and location of 

 milk house. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



12. Study of a Barn. Arrange with the owner to visit a good 

 dairy barn in the region, and study its general arrangement. A 

 tape measure and thermometer will be required. 



Some of the points to be determined are as follows : 



Length, width, height of posts, height of peak, height of ceiling 

 in cow barn. 



Capacity for hay, silage, grain. See page 305. 



Make a diagram of a cross section of the floor similar to figure 39, 

 indicating the dimensions of the feed alley, manger, platform, 

 gutter, etc. 



How wide a place is allowed for each cow ? 



What kind of stanchions are used ? What did they cost ? 



How many cubic feet of air space is there per cow? 



What system of ventilation is used? Did the air appear to be 

 good when you entered the barn ? What is the temperature in the 

 barn? 



How are the windows arranged? How many square feet of 

 glass is there per cow? 



Is there a milk house ? How many feet must be traveled with the 

 milk from each cow? 



Are the arrangements for feeding the cows and for cleaning the 

 barn convenient? 



