The Cow Yard and Pasture 



herd turned out to pasture in broad, open 

 fields of greensward stretching away from 

 the door of the building, but beautiful and 

 visionary as this may appear in the books, it 

 is not so uncommon a realization. 



In the Delaware Valley, in the State of 

 New York, the usual plan of a dairy farm 

 locates the cow barn in one corner of a half- 

 acre lot, into which, after milking, the herd 

 is turned, thence to wend its way to the 

 broader upland pastures. At modern pro- 

 gressive establishments the field surround- 

 ing or adjacent to the cow barn where the 

 herd collects at milking time is always large 

 and spacious, so that it may with justice be 

 claimed that the cows pass directly from the 

 pasture to their stalls. 



Providing adequate pasture and an ample 

 enclosure for the cows to collect in, an enclo- 

 sure which will answer as an exercise ground 

 in winter, means that the farmer has done 

 much toward the cleanliness of his cows. It 

 is a general observation that in summer, 

 when the cows are outdoors day and night, 



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