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Fig. 6-i shows a convenient type of bench, 15 

 inches high, provided with a locking stanchion and a 

 hoop to hold the gi-ain pan, as it is the usual custom to 

 feed the milking does their allowance of grain while they 

 are being milked. For a few goats this is the nicest 



Fig. 64. — Milking bench, showing locking stanchion and a hoop to hold grain pan. 



possible arrangement. It is even more convenient to 

 have two such benches, admitting two does at once, so 

 that each has ample time to finish the allowance of con- 

 centrate before the milker is ready for the next pair, 



