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stable floor when it is up from the ground or 

 there will be trouble from dry rot. This matter 

 must not be neglected. 



When putting in a foundation for a bam or 

 stable, place a four-inch tile outside and a little 

 below the foundation wall to catch and carry off 

 all the surface water that would otherwise get 

 under the wall. This costs but little and secures 

 a dry foundation that prg'vents the settling of 

 the walls and gives an outlet for the waste water 

 from the roof through the down spouts. 



The Oow Stable Floor. — The stable floor may 

 be made of wood or cement. The latter is pre- 

 ferable and at the price of Portland cement it 

 will cost no more to put in cement than a two- 

 inch wood floor. The writer has cement floors 

 that have been used for eight years and they are 

 not perceptibly worn yet. A cement stable floor 

 should be as well laid as a cement sidewalk. 

 Work that will stand in a sidewalk will stand in 

 a cow stable floor. 



Do not smooth the cement surface of the stalls 

 and the platform on which the oow walks, as 

 this makes the floor too slippery for the cows. 

 Leave the surface in the same condition as left 

 by the wooden float, then it is not so smooth as 

 to cause the cows to slip. Make the cement 

 mangers as smooth as possible as they are more 

 easily cleaned. 



The cows shoidd not be allowed to lie on the 



