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always kept in mind — concrete floors, round edges; tight ceilings; 
screened doors and windows; plenty of sunlight; ample supply of 
cold running water, clean and convenient. 
Practical exercises. — Inspect a dairy barn or stable for the points 
mentioned, making a written report on the same. Similar reports 
may be made on the barns and stables of the district, names being 
omitted, and the reports being written. Similar reports can also be 
made on the care and treatment of the cow. 
Make models of sanitary dairy barns, stalls, stanchions, milk 
houses and a list of equipment. Make trips to various milk houses. 
Note the handling of commercial milk both by the dairies and farmers. 
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Tig. 12. — Floor plan of dairy house, showing general arrangement. 
Draw a plan of the arrangement of the stables inspected, and com- 
pare this plan with the plans of a model dairy barn. (Write to the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture and to the State agricultural 
college for bulletins and other information about dairy barns and 
milk houses.) 
Correlations. — Prepare reports in the form of booklets on the cor- 
rect care and handling of the dairy herd, and contrast this with the 
general method of the district. 
Write up a report of a visit to a dairy farm. Prepare a report on 
the general conditions in the district concerning places of handling 
milk. 
Make drawings of some of the stables of the district. Prepare a 
plan of a dairy barn of the district, and, by way of comparison and 
contrast, make a copy of the plan of a model barn, plans of which 
may be obtained from the State agricultural college. 
