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arrangement in case of bank barns. Where all stock is on the same floor, 

 cows should be in an extension to the main structure. This should be only 

 one story in height with no storage above. 



Bank Barns. — The chief advantage in the bank barn is in the ease 

 with which materials are stored by driving the loaded wagons onto the upper 

 floor. This obviates the necessity of hoisting materials to the height 

 necessary in the other forms of barns. The ideal location for the bank barn 

 is on a southern slope, thus facing the barn toward the south with exercise 

 yards also to the south. When so situated the more elevated land to the 



Interior op Cow Stable. 1 



north brings the north wall of the stable below the surface, thus protecting 

 the stable from cold north winds. The chief objection to the basement 

 barn lies in its lack of light and thorough ventilation. This, however, may 

 be largely overcome by not setting the basement too low in the earth and 

 by providing plenty of windows, especially in the east and west walls. 



Dairy Barns. — Great improvement has been made in the housing of 

 cows, and much attention is now given to the health of the animals and the 

 production of clean milk, low in its content of bacteria. Best dairymen 

 demand that the cow quarters shall be separated entirely from those of all 



1 Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. From "Crops and Soil Management," by Agce. 



