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each cow must be handled and treated individually. Since the 

 few dairymen who were known to be allowing their cows the 

 freedom of a closed shed or covered barnyard, using the stable 

 for milking only, were so well pleased with the system, an effort 

 has been made to get the views of as many dairymen as possible 

 who have had experience in keeping cows in this manner. Ac- 

 cordingly a set of questions was sent to all whose addresses could 

 be obtained. These questions and the answers are given in 

 Table 1. 



