152 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 1917, 10:00 A. M. 



Mr. Mason : "The meeting will please come to order now. 

 The first speaker this morning is Professor F. G. Kraege of Fort 

 Atkinson, Wisconsin, and his subject is 'Dairy Barn Construc- 



tion.' Mr. Kraege." 



DAIRY BARN CONSTRUCTIO 



Professor F. G. Kraege. 



"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



As the result of many years of experiments and discussions, 

 farmers are pretty well informed on the value of having pure- 

 bred stock, on how to improve a herd by selecting and breeding, 

 on the value of a purebred sire, and upon scientific methods of 

 feeding. I presume that these features of the dairy business ap- 

 peal to farmers as more important than some other features, and 

 for that reason they have attempted those problems first and get 

 an understanding of them; but it seems to me that the time has 

 arrived now when we ought to begin to consider other matters 

 that are important, even though they may not seem to be quite as 

 important as these matters which I have referred to. 



When bams were constructed ten or fifteen year-^^ ago, they 

 were constructed according to the knowledge then had of barn 

 construction and equipment, but in this matter there has been a 

 change that is as large as the changed view that we now have of 

 breeding and of feeding cattle. Agricultural engineers have 

 found that there are certain principles that ought to be followed 

 in the construction, the planning and the equipment of a barn, 

 and that these have financial value to the farmers. 



As one goes through the country he is strongly impressed 



