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has gone very carefully into the construction of cow-sheds. 

 He considers that in a single byre the minimum width 

 should be 18 feet, and he divides it as follows : 



Feet. 

 Feeding passage ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Feeding trough and head divisions 

 Standing space for the cow ... 

 Channel behind the stall for faeces 

 Channel for urine ... 

 Passage behind the cows 



2 



5-5 



2 



1 



3-5 



These measurements and arrangement of the floor are 

 shown in Pig. 131. 



In a double byre, Lloyd recommends the minimum width 

 should be 35 feet so as to admit of a 6-foot passage down 



FEEDING 

 PASSAGE 



OftOF of DKOe at 



STANDING roR 

 COW 



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MILKING 

 PASSAGE 



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fig. 131. — Arrangement of Cow-shed Floor as recommended by Lloyd. 



the centre, the cows' heads being turned towards the outside 

 walls and not towards the centre of the building. 



The width of stall he considers should as a minimum be 

 3'5 feet where cows are tied in double stalls, or 4 feet when 

 tied in single. 



The superficial area per head on the above measure- 

 ments in the single byre is from 63 to 72 square feet, 

 depending on the width of stall, and rather less in the 

 double byre. The actual standing space aiforded is, of 

 course, very much less than this, not being more than 

 22 square feet with the greatest width of stall allowed. 



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