CHAPTER XIII. 



DAIRY BARN. 



A Place Where Human Food is Prepared. In build- 

 ing a dairy barn it should be remembered that one is pro- 

 viding a place where human food is to be produced. San- 

 itary features should, therefore, have first consideration. 

 Among the most important of these are abundance of 

 light, ample ventilation and general regard to cleanli- 

 ness. 



Contrary to general belief, a sanitary barn is not nec- 

 essarily an expensive barn. Indeed where everything is 

 considered, a sanitary barn is certain to prove actually 

 cheaper in the long run than one in which sanitation is 

 made an entirely secondary matter. 



General Plan of Barn. This is illustrated in Fig. 18. 

 The plan shows two box stalls at the north end, which 

 are intended primarily for confining cows that are about 

 to calve, but may also be used for bulls. The front end 

 of the barn contains a milk and separator room, and a 

 feed room. The latter contains stairs leading to the sec- 

 ond story, which is used as a storage for hay and fodder, 

 and also contains storage boxes for concentrates, which 

 communicate with the feed room below by means of 

 8x8 inch shafts. 



The stalls are arranged to have the cows face out, 

 that is, away from each other. This has several advant- 

 ages over the common plan of having the feeding alley 



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