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a stable for cows. The Drown sitall is a good one 

 and is used in many first-class stables. I use a 

 stall that hasi some of the ideas from the Drown 

 stall, some features of the Bidwell and some of 

 niy own ideas, one of which is the continuous 

 cement manger. This stall has an adjustable 

 front that holds the cow lined on the gutter, 

 which is necessary if she is to be kept clean. 

 The cow should be lined on the gutter instead of 

 on the manger. 



The gutters should be at least 16 inches wide, 

 18 inches is better. Let them be 6 inches deep 

 at one end and" 8 inches at the other which will 

 give 2 inches fall to drain. 



Cow Stanchion. — I am not a believer in the 

 stanchion, although I have seventy of them that 

 I use for heifers and dry cows. I do not use 

 them, however, in the milking stables because of 

 the danger of having a cow's udder stepped on 

 by the cow standing next to her; this is suffi- 

 cient to condemn the stanchion. I have lost the 

 use of more teats and portions of a cow's udder 

 from this causie than any other. A cow would 

 step on the udder of her neighbor, causing a 

 bruise followed by inflaromation that would 

 often end in the loss of that quarter of the ud- 

 der. A bruised teat or sore udder is very pain- 

 ful to the cow and a great annoyance to the 

 milker, sufficient to spoil the temper of some 

 milkers, and it is therefore good policy to avoid 



