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solid partition it is advised that there be 

 substituted a single detachable bar. 



With the introduction of the manure gut- 

 ter came the problem of accommodating cow 

 and stall, and the problem is still vexatious. 

 The gutter fixes the length of the stall, and 

 if the cows fit, well and good; if they don't, 

 there is no help for it. In probably 90 per 

 cent, of the cases, and even when the stalls 

 graduate from the size required for a Hol- 

 stein down to the smaller accommodations 

 for a Jersey, the cow and the stall are mis- 

 fits. The manure gutter is then either use- 

 less or becomes a greater cause of defile- 

 ment. When the stall is too long the gutter 

 might better be away, as it then performs 

 no useful purpose, since the droppings fall 

 on the floor of the stall. It would be a great 

 improvement to abolish the manure gutter, 

 and for a device to assist in mechanically 

 keeping cows free of manure study the possi- 

 bilities of the stanchion. The tipping stan- 

 chion, used in combination with a floor be- 

 ginning to slope at the rear of the stalls, 



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