CHAPTER XVII 

 STABLING SUITABLE FOR CATTLE 



No question pertaining to the keeping of cattle is 

 more deserving of the most careful consideration than 

 that of providing them with suitable stabling. The 

 rapidly advancing cost of the materials of construction 

 emphasizes the necessity of reaching out for the very 

 best results that may be obtained for the outlay when 

 erecting stables to furnish shelter for cattle, and barns 

 in which to house food for them. 



Many sketches of barns and stables could have been 

 submitted with details of construction. This has not 

 been done^ for the reason that models could not be thus 

 furnished equally adapted to the needs of any two cattle 

 owners, owing to the difference in the conditions of their 

 environment and to the difference in their needs. The aim 

 has been rather to dwell on useful features of construc- 

 tion that may be embodied more or less in stables or 

 barns in which cattle are to be kept, leaving such in- 

 corporation to the judgment of those readers who have 

 buildings to erect or remodel. Much of the information 

 given relating to the equipment of stables was furnished 

 by Robert S. Shaw, Professor of Animal Husbandry at 

 the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing. 



This chapter discusses the following phases of this 

 question: (i) The location of a stable; (2) The influ- 

 ence of climate on stable construction; (3) Important 

 requisites in a stable; (4 ) Convenience in a cattle stable; 

 (5) Stables built on the basement plan; (6) The ma- 

 terials of construction; (7) Barn and stable built by 

 the author; (8) Stalls and mangers in stables; (9) Feed 

 rack and manger for loose cattle; (10) Gutters in 

 stables; (11) The passageway in stables; (12) Chutes 



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