Points for the Self-Cleaning Platform. 



FIRST. It keeps the cows clean a very difficult thing to do with any othei 

 stable, even with a moderate amount of bedding, whilst this requires no bedding. 



SECOND. It saves all the ordinary labor of cleaning the stable, which cannot be 

 estimated at less than $2.00 per cow per year, and this would pay the whole cost in 

 t lire 3 years. 



THIRD. It completely saves all the liquid manure, or more than doubles the 

 value of the manure, and the value of this liquid manure is worth the whole cost of 

 the grating in a single year. 



FOURTH. The saving in bedding, in villages and cities, will fully pay for the 

 grating every year. 



FIFTH. It prevents wholly the rotting of the wood work of a stable, as the liquid 

 falls through the grating and does not come in contact with the floor, joists or sills- 

 It often costs more to re-sill a barn, where the liquids of the stable have rotted it, 

 than this grating costs. 



SIXTH. This self-cleaning platform may be used in any stable which does not 

 freeze, and all stables may be repaired so as not to freeze ; besides no dairyman 

 can afford to keep cows in a cold stable. 



SEVENTH. This self-cleaning stable is most admirably adapted to the Ensilage 

 system of feeding, which gives succulent food the year through. Winter dairying 

 will be promoted by this system, because the same succulent food may be given In 

 winter as summer, and this grating will keep the cows clean, however thin the 

 manure. 



EIGHTH. The undersigned, sole agents and manufacturers of this self-cleaning 

 stable, have adapted it to pig-pens, and with it pig^ are kept absolutely clean. 



Should be glad to hear from you. Will give you further special instructions 

 about putting it in your stable when you give us a statement of your situation. 



Address : 



STEWART BROTHERS, 



LAKE VIEW, Erie Co., N. Y. 



RKKKRKNCKS. 



Mr. E. T. HAYDEN, of Syracuse, N. Y., writes with reference to the form 



represented in Fig. 1, 



Gentlemen" In regard to the 'self-cleaning floor ' purchased of you, I can say 

 that I am more than pleased with it. I think I save enough in bedding and labor of 

 cleaning, besides the manure saved, in one year to pay for it. I absorb all the 

 urine with muck, and this prevents all odor, and turns the muck into excellent 

 manure. I do not think that a quarter of a pound of manure adheres to my eight 

 cows and heifers in a month. I would not try to do without this grating again." 



Mr. CHARLES W. FOSTER, Fostoria, Ohio, writes : 



" I find your self-cleaning grating gives me clean cows, a clean stable, and in fact, 

 is ail I expected, and more too." 



