The Cow Barn 



is earnestly recommended for the considera- 

 tion of dairy farmers. This stanchion is set 

 at an angle instead of vertically; its lower 

 end is attached, as ordinarily, to the lower 

 timber of the stanchion framework, but the 

 upper end is fastened the necessary dis- 

 tance, say eight inches, back of the place of 

 attachment for the upright stanchion. The 

 result of this is that the cow, when prostrate, 

 is advanced the distance of the tipping away 

 from her droppings. When she stands the 

 stanchion permits forward motion, and as 

 it can be made flexible or revolvable side 

 motion as well, but the backward motion is 

 curtailed and reduced to a minimum, so it 

 is reasonably certain that the animal will 

 not be stepping in manure. Nature con- 

 tributes toward accomplishing this, as the 

 physiological act of defecation is performed 

 in such a manner as to insure the animal's 

 freedom from pollution by her own excre- 

 tion. In general, manure drops outside the 

 area covered by the animal's body when 

 erect, and if when erect she is prevented 



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