CHAPTER VI 
THE COW STABLE 
SANITARY AND UNSANITARY BARNS 
A DAIRY barn includes accommodations for 
feeding, sleeping, drinking, the disposal of waste 
material, and often a yard for exercise. Cows 
are tied up by the neck in stanchions, in some 
parts of the country in the cellar of the barn, 
in other parts of the country on the second story. 
In one dairy district cows may stand in short 
rows running crosswise of the building in the 
same room with horses and mules. In another 
dairy district the cows may stand in long rows 
lengthwise of the building. Barns quickly be- 
come soiled by cow-feed, cow-bedding, and cow- 
manure. The air may be filled with dried dust 
from these sources. The cow’s_ hide often 
becomes coated with material from the 
floor. The droppings of dust from the cow’s 
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