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poor cow costs $30 and brings $25 in four years, during which time 

 she sunk $5 more than she had brought. An average cow is worth 

 what her carcass will fetch, and no more. A fair cow costs $35 to $40 

 and leaves her buyer $50 to the good, in four yeaw. A good cow 

 costs $50, and you double on investment the first year. A choice cow 

 costs $75, and that is the amount of her annual profit. Pietertje II 

 is worth $1,000." 



Plans of Barns and Milk Rooms 



In the following pages will be found illustrated and described the 

 stables and milk rooms of two farms supplying clean milk to Seattle, 

 "Washington. 



The first farm is owned by J. D. Farrell, Esq., and is not con- 

 ducted solely for profit or the support of its owner and may be regarded 

 as one type of plant. The other is owned by W. H. Paulhamus, Esq., 

 of Sumner, Wash. Mr. Paulhamus was the first to attempt to supply 

 Seattle with clean milk and is shipping some thousand • quarts a day 

 from his own and three neighboring farms. His arrangements for 

 handling the milk are therefore adapted to caring for a considerable 

 quantity. 



Mr. Farrell 's stable for 40 cows has a floor, manure trench and feed- 

 ing gutter of concrete with cement finish. The cows face toward a 

 central feeding aisle. Behind the manure trench there is a walk five feet 

 wide to the side of the building. The manure trench is eighteen 

 inches wide. The length of the stalls is — from the front edge of the 

 manure trench to that of the feeding gutter — six and one-half feet. 

 The width of the stalls is thirty-nine inches for some, and forty-three 

 inches for others, to accommodate Jerseys and Holsteins. The feed- 

 ing aisle in front of the cattle is nine feet wide. The feeding gutter 

 is also used for watering each time before feeding, when the water is 

 let out. The height of the stable, on the sides, is seven feet four 

 inches, and the ceiling is arched up toward the centre. 



, The walls and ceiling are double, with air-space between, and the 

 ventilation is after the King system. The cement is brought up four 

 feet on the walls, and the rest of the walls and the ceiling are of 

 matched and planed boards, tightly fitted, and the whole painted 

 white. The gutters for manure slope from six to ten inches deep at 



