THE COW STABLE. 47 



What an arraignment thia is for us as a class! 

 If we cannot improve on our methods of build- 

 ing cow stahles and caring for our cows, we 

 shall find ourselves indicted by the consumers 

 of milk in the near future. All that is needed 

 to bring this indictment is for them to secure a 

 little more evidence; and they are securing it 

 very rapidly, much more rapidly than pleases 

 many of the dairymen. There is no use in lon- 

 ger trying to cover our faults ; the only way to 

 do is to eradicate them root and branch. We 

 have covered them too long already. When we 

 have brought ourselves to a realizing sense of 

 the conditions that exist and those that we need 

 to secure, we a re ready to begin, the construc- 

 tion^ of this sanitary cow stable. 



The Oow Stable as a Dining Room. — I will 

 suggest that a good way to get ourselves to 

 thinking in a new way about this matter would 

 be to have the cook some evening move her 

 work of preparing supper tO' the cow stable 

 where her father, husband, brother, or perhaps 

 her lover is milking the cows. Do I hear objeo 

 tionstothis? If so, why? Is not the cow stable 

 in condition to receive ladies 1 Are you ashamed 

 to have your mother, wife, sister, or sweetheart 

 call on you there? If so would it not be best to 

 postpone the milking a few minutes and reno 

 vate the stable, put it in shape to receive com- 

 pany, in sudi shape that you can eat the supper 



