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fastener with a loop turned on the end of the hasp. 

 When the cow is shut in the stall, the hook is placed 

 in the stable extending through the eye of the hasp. 

 When the cow is to be milked, the hook is removed to 

 the loop in the end of the hasp, when the gate swings 

 open, thus allowing the milker to enter the stall, but 

 preventing the cow from backing out. The third is a 

 chain attached to the post by a bolt running through 

 the same with an eye on one end, into which the chain 



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 Beef Cattle at M.A.C. 



link is welded, and a thread and nut is on the other end. 

 The chain has a hook on one end to facilitate fastening 

 the cow in the stall or letting her out of the same. 



The mistake of making such stalls too wide must 

 be guarded against. A width of 3 feet from center to 

 center is about right for a 1,000-pound cow. If made 

 as wide as 3 feet 6 inches, the cow may put her head 

 under the gate partition and thus turn around in the 

 stall. The adjustment relating to length and width in 

 these is about the same as given in the sketch on page 

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