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The silo may be located within the stable or ad- 

 jacent to it. Space is saved by locating it outside the 

 stable, but closely adjacent thereto. When placed close 

 to the stable, the silage may fall within the stable when 

 thrown into the chute which conveys it from the silo. 

 Whether the silo should be located at the end of the 

 stable or about midway along the side of same, depends 

 upon the arrangement of the stalls and the mode of con- 

 veying the food. When the stalls face a passageway 

 which runs from end to end through the stable, and 

 when the silage is carried in a truck or hand cart, the 

 silo is best located at the end of the stable. When the 

 silage is carried in a basket, it is best located at the side 

 of the same. 



The place for storing bedding in the loft does not 

 call for any partitioning in order to provide it. It 

 should be accessible at all times when the stable is 

 occupied. The necessity for the reservation of such 

 space when storing food is based on the advantage of 

 being able to secure dry litter in time of storms. At 

 other times it may be legitimate to draw bedding from 

 other sources. 



The number of the box stalls called for will depend 

 on the number of the cows in the herd, and, to some 

 extent on the object for which the cows are kept. In a 

 breeding herd made up of valuable pure-breds, more box 

 stalls relatively are usually provided than in an ordinary 

 herd, that the animals in it may have that increased 

 liberty which is believed to be associated with highest 

 development. Cows soon to calve should always, as a 

 measure of safety, be placed in these where practicable. 

 The locating of these stalls, and also of the box stall or 

 stalls for calves, will be more or less dependent on the 

 plan of the stable. The aim should be to have the box 

 stalls for calves as near as possible to the cows which 

 they suck when thus reared. 



The milk room may or may not form a part of the 



