376 THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



face each other, or stand tail to tail on each side of the 

 passage. 



When a stable is erected oblong in form, to accom- 

 modate two rows of cattle facing the walls, the following 

 measurements will be found close approximations: The 

 stable should be 36 feet wide, which would leave 35 

 feet within the walls. The feed passages along the walls 

 should be 5 feet wide, which would admit of the use of a 

 hand truck in feeding. The platform for the stalls from 

 front of manger to drop should be 8 feet for medium 

 sized cattle. The rear passageway, including 18 inches 

 of a gutter on either side, should be 9 feet, which will 

 admit of driving a wagon from end to end. By taking 

 out reasonable space for a feed room and for a box stall 

 or two, and by allowing 3 feet as the width for a stall, 

 the holding capacity of such a stable can be easily ascer- 

 tained. 



Chutes in stables. — A chute is a box through which 

 fodder, litter, meal, or grain are conveyed from a higher 

 to a lower level. These, of course, are not required 

 where loft room is not furnished, but in a great majority 

 of instances chutes are wanted to convey fodder, and it 

 may be litter, to the stable or shed underneath. They 

 may also be necessary frequently to carry meal or grain 

 from a place of storage above to a feed room below. 



The chute for hay or bedding in a cattle stable may 

 consist simply of four 2 x 4-inch scantlings rising up 

 into the loft from its floor, and kept in place by nailing 

 inch strips, say, 1x6 inches, across the sides of the 

 inclosure thus formed. The inside width of the chute 

 should be about 30 to 36 inches each way. The strips 

 nailed across should be about 3 feet apart from center 

 to center. The floor space underneath is removed. The 

 chute should open down into a front or rear alley, accord- 

 ing as fodder or bedding is wanted. 



The chute in the edge of a mow beside a driveway 

 in the upper story may consist simply of a triangular 



