STAr.LING SUITABLE FOR CATTLE 375 



side. The fall is but one-half inch in a distance of 35 

 feet, and these dimensions have been found satisfactory. 

 Where sufficient bedding is used or other absorbent it 

 will soak up the liquids voided. 



The passageway in stables. — The passageway in a 

 stable is simply the aisle space in front of the animals 

 or at the rear. In the former food only is conveyed to 

 the animals. In the latter litter is conveyed to 

 them and the droppings are removed. Through the 

 latter the animals also have ingress to the stalls and 

 egress from them. The width in both instances will be 

 influenced by the method followed in conveying food to 

 the animals and in removing the manure. Owing to the 

 value of space in stables the passageways should be no 

 wider than convenience calls for in caring for the cattle. 



When there are no racks in front of the animals or 

 meal boxes e.\tending into the aisles, it is not really 

 necessary to have the front passageway wider than 4 

 feet. Racks are but seldom used in stables now, and 

 meal boxes are chiefly advantageous in relation to ex- 

 perimental feeding. W^here a car or truck is used in 

 conveying feed, the width should not be less than 5 feet. 

 When fodder is conveyed by drawing it from meal to 

 meal, as is sometimes done in feeding large herds in 

 areas where the fodder is but little housed, the width 

 of the passage should not be less than 10 feet. 



Where the manure is removed by hand by the aid 

 of a scraper or carrier that runs on a track, the rear pas- 

 sageway, including the gutter, does not necessarily call 

 for a width of more than 53/2 feet. But where the 

 manure is removed by loading it from the gutters into 

 a wagon or sled, the width, including the gutters, should 

 not be less than 8 feet. The conveyance of food in 

 carts or wagons, and the removal of manure similarly, 

 is usually only resorted to in passageways that run 

 through oblong Ijuildings in which two rows of cattle 



