FARM BUILDINGS, FENCES, GATES 



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cows. The two rows 

 of cows face each other 

 with a spacious feed 

 alley between. Ma- 

 nure alleys of requisite 

 width are located be- 

 tween the gutters and 

 the outside walls. The 

 width and depth of 

 manure gutters, the 

 form of feed troughs 

 and the kind of stan- 

 chions, together with 

 many other details, 

 may be obtained from 

 bulletins on this sub- 

 ject. 



Stable Floors. — 

 Floors that absorb 

 urine and are difficult 

 to clean should be 

 avoided in cow stables. 

 Of all floor materials 



within reach of the average dairymen, concrete 

 durable, non-absorbent and can be disinfected \\ 



Elevation Plan. 1 



Plan for a Circular Barn. Floor Plan. 1 



holds first place. It is 

 ithout injury. Its chief 

 objection is hardness 

 and smoothness; the 

 former may be partially 

 overcome by the liberal 

 use of bedding. Pre- 

 cautions should be taken 

 when making the floor 

 to leave its surface 

 slightly roughened with- 

 out interfering with the 

 ease of cleaning. Con- 

 crete conducts cold 

 more freely than other 

 floor materials. For 

 this reason it should be 

 underlaid with eight 

 inches or more of rather 

 coarsely broken frag- 

 ments of rock. The 

 conductivity may be 



1 Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Farmer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



