W Barn Yard. 



AA Doors large enough to admit manure spreader. 



H Door usually closed except at milking time. 



C Door through which (in the summer time) cows 



may pass directly into waiting room "Y." 



DD Doors (slats) about thirty inches wide, through 



which the cows enter the milking stalls. 



MM Represent the milking machine standing on a plat- 

 form "P" between the cows. 



RR . . . .Rods to which the cows are fastened with a chain. 



BB Feed Boxes. 



NOTE — ^A considerable quantity of meal or bran is stored 

 under each feed box In the milking stalls. The 

 operator taJces feed from this and puts It into the 

 small feed boxes "BB" just before each cow enters. 

 After each cow is milked she passes through the 

 gate "E" and another takes her place. 



BE Single small bar which lifts from one end, which 



allows the cow to pass out after she is milked. 



p Door through which the cow passes, after being 



milked. Into the space "Z." This door is opened 

 by a rope which extends overhead to the operator 

 In each milking stall. ,It is closed by a weight. 



GG Doors that are shut only at milking time. 



NOTE — ^At the beginning of the milking the cows are all 

 assembled on the "X" side of the feed racks and 

 the gates are closed. At the end of the milking 

 the cows are all on the "Z" side of tbe feed racks. 

 A rope with pulley and weight is attached to the pul- 

 sator of each machine — thus the pulsator can be 

 suspended to allow the pail to be emptied. 

 The partition between the stalls is made of two 2x4s, 

 one about sixteen inches fiibove the other. 



A COW STABLE WITH KILKINC STALLS ONLY 



