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The vegetables simply have dirt attached to 

 them which is clean in comparison with the filth 

 that is at times on the cows' udders. Moreover 

 this filth is there for the simple reason that the 

 cow is maintained in such a way that she can- 

 not keep clean. 



Location of the Stable. — The sanitary cow 

 stable may be located wherever most conveni- 

 ent, providing it is not so near the house as to 

 be objectionable on account of unpleasant odors. 

 Locate it so that the surfa ce drainage j wilLjot 

 run towardsThe house, JorjwhCT. the groundjs 

 frozen the surface water from t he cow yard 

 .gannot enter tE6~sewers and must flow away^n 

 the surface. ATstocFyard^ of any kind becomes 

 so packed that it will hold water like a tub and 

 the water must be trapped into the sewer or 

 run off on the surface. _ 



A Two-Story Stable Best.— The cow staMe^ 

 may be the first story of the bam or it may be 

 a one-story building. I prefer to have a story 

 above the cows for hay or straw as it makes a 

 warmer ceiling, and gives opportunity for a 

 longer or higher veatilating flue for taking off 

 the impure air. A great objection to a one^ 

 story ceiling is that it becomes cold and con- 

 denses moisture, which freezes in cold weather 

 but melts the first mild day and drips onto the 

 cows, later causing the ceiling to mould and be- 

 come unsanitary. 



