NEW FITTINGS OF THE COW STABLE. 



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ordinarily turned on the high platform and walked off from it 

 with ease; the partitions would prevent their doing so. 



In reconstructing this barn last fall we attempted to secure 

 some plan of stalls that would give the advantages of the one 

 we already had and would at the same time be free from its 

 objectionable features. It was decided to adopt the leading 

 features of the "Hoard Stalls" and make such changes as seemed 

 advisable to adapt it to our wants. The accompanying cut 

 shows the plan- and details of construction. The sleepers under 

 the floor have no incline. The floor upon which the cows are 

 placed is nine feet wide and has an incline of two inches in the 

 nine feet. This incline is secured by laying pieces of tapering 

 furring that are nine feet long, and are three inches thick at 

 one end, and one inch thick at the other end, upon the sleepers, 

 and laying the flooring upon them, using one thickness of plank 

 or two thicknesses of boards. 



