PLANS OF BARNS AND MILK ROOMS 323 



the lower end, and drain into pipes carried a considerable distance to a 

 lower level than the stable. 



Stalls. — The rear portion of each side of each stall is a gate. This 

 gate is hinged and fastened as shown in plate. The dimensions of the 

 gate are twenty-eight inches from top to bottom, and forty-four inches 

 wide, and the lower edge is sixteen inches from the floor. The sta- 

 tionary front part of the side of each stall is thirty-four inches wide 

 and fifty inches high, from top to floor. Its lower edge is ten inches 

 from the floor, in the rear part, and two inches above the gutter for 

 feeding in front. The feeding and watering gutter, of cement, is 



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eight inches deep and one foot wide. The gates forming the front of 

 each stall are forty-two inches in their perpendicular measurement. 

 They are adjustable and affixed to the top and sides of the stall by 

 small chains with hooks on the end. 



For the larger cows, the upper part of the gate may be tipped 

 forward and fastened to an extension of the top rod forming the side 

 of the stall (see Fig. 79). In the case of the smaller cows, the top of 

 the gate is tipped backward toward the manure trench, crowding the 

 cow back so as to make her stand on the edge of the manure trench 

 (see Fig. 79). 



The milk from the stable is brought into the wash room and is. 

 hoisted onto a raised platform and poured into a strainer marked (i)„ 



