362 THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



The floor under the mows is tight. By leaving one mow 

 open, sajr, at the rear end, the straw from the grain in 

 the mow opposite could be thus stored when threshed. 

 Similarly the grain in the other mows can be threshed, 

 moving the thresher forward, as required. The drive- 

 way at the south end of the ground floor comes directly 

 up against the wall. This is one of the few mistakes 

 that have as yet been discovered in the plan. The earth 

 driveway should stop at least 12 feet from the wall, the 

 intervening space being bridged over by planks. More 

 light could thus be admitted to that end of the basement. 



Stalls and mangers in stables. — Stalls and mangers 

 will be considered together, for the reason that the 

 description of a stall cannot be considered complete with- 

 out including the description of the manger connected 

 therewith, and \-ice versa. The elimination of wood in 

 the construction of cattle stalls is'advocated by many at 

 the present time on sanitary grounds. Such advocacy 

 may be correct in theory and may be fitly embodied in 

 stables where dairying is conducted on a large scale, but 

 the cost involved is more than many farmers can afford 

 to incur. 



When constructing a cattle stall, regard must be 

 had to the platform on which the cattle stand, to the 

 divisions between the animals, and to the methods of 

 tying. It will be found advantageous, whenever it can 

 be accomplished, to have the platform made from cement, 

 to ha\'e it elevated slightly above both passageways and 

 to ha\-e it slope, but only verv slightly, from the manger 

 to the drop. The distance from the stall side of the 

 manger, where the latter is of proper width, need not be 

 more than, say, 5 feet 8 inches for the largest cattle, nor 

 less than, say, 4 feet 6 inches for cows that do not weigh 

 more than 700 pounds. The distance from the stall side 

 of the manger to the passage in front will depend on the 

 width and shape of the stall. 



The partitions of the most approved make should be 



