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advantages which should recommend it to 

 dairy farmers who believe in having the very 

 best, if it does cost a little more. It is pat- 

 terned after the pavilion system which is fol- 

 lowed in constructing modern hospitals, and 

 what is beneficial in the matter of light and 

 air for human beings in illness may safely 

 and advantageously be provided for dairy 

 cattle, especially the breeds whose tendency 

 to disease and disablement is in direct ratio 

 with their value. The single line barn pro- 

 vides a maximum of light and air of the 

 purest kind for each animal, it makes pos- 

 sible a thorough sun exposure of the interior, 

 and the hygienic value of these two factors 

 in a dwelling, whether for humans or dairy 

 cattle, cannot be overestimated. The double 

 line of stalls, however, will appeal more fa- 

 vorably to most farmers, and in connection 

 with this plan it is recommended that the 

 cows be stalled tail to tail. This reduces the 

 chance of infection by coughing across, and 

 also places the heads to the windows, there- 

 by affording a better supply of pure air. 



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