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care for the cows and raise feed for them, the practice of 

 daily hauling is often best. 



If many acres of crops are grown for sale or for use in 

 feed! ig other animals, the field work is so important that 

 durii g much of the year one cannot afford to take the time 

 to hi ul manure every day. There are then three ways of 

 keepi tig the manure. It may be left in piles until it can be 

 haulc d, it may be kept in covered barnyards, or may be 

 kept n a manure shed. 



A :heap shed with a concrete floor will keep off the rain 

 and prevent the liquids from leaching away. A convenient 

 way of using such a shed is to have the barn equipped with 

 a ma Hire carrier so that the manure from the cows, horses, 

 and c ther animals, can be put in the shed. The floor of the 

 shed should be two to four feet below the floor of the barn 

 to in< Tease its capacity. The writer has found that a shed 

 25 feet square will ordinarily hold the manure from about 

 20 animal units until the time when it can be hauled. The 

 floor need not be expensive. Three inches of concrete on 

 solid ground will answer all purposes. 



A better plan is to have the shed large so that cattle, hogs, 

 or other stock, can run in it. This keeps the manure solid 

 and makes a good covered shed. With either of the above 

 plans, it is convenient to have the barn so arranged that the 

 cows' heads are together. This saves time in feeding, and 

 the barn can be cleaned with a manure carrier as quickly as 

 if the cows faced the wall. 



The majority of farmers throw the manure in piles in the 

 barnyard. The rains then wash away much of the best 

 part of it. Even with this method, considerable saving can 

 be made by having the eave troughs and yard drainage so 

 arranged that a minimum amount of water will run through 



