PLANS OF BARNS AND MILK ROOMS 



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cement floor — makes a good place for immediate cooling of the milk. 

 The horizontal ceiling of the barn leaves much space in the roof, in 

 which grain is stored. The grain is brought down in spouts to the 

 bins at (2) and hay could be delivered from the loft above in the 

 room(i) without causing any dust in the barn. The ceiling of the 

 barn is absolutely dust tight with double floor and paper between. 



The barn is one hundred by thirty-five feet inside ; the centre 



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Rough Sketch of Ground Plan of Milk House. W. H. Paulhamus, Esq., 

 Sumner, Washington. 



aisle eight feet, and gutters eighteen inches wide. The side aisles are 

 five and one-half feet wide. 



Box stalls for sick cows, or cows about to calve, are in another 

 building. 



The buildings used for the milk rooms (Fig. 87) proper were 

 altered for their present purpose and were situated farther from the 

 barn than is necessary or desirable. 



A sketch of the ground plan of the milk house is shown 

 in Fig. 87. 



The floors of the milk room and wash room are of concrete with 



