BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 
315 
¥ - 
This farmer makes a special boast, that his cattle are not out 
of the barn from fall till spring-. They are watered in the 
barn, and the manure is dropped into the cellar below, where 
it is allowed to remain till removed in the spring-. In making 
a visit to this barn during the winter, a man who was with 
me had to leave the barn because of the foulness of the air. 
At another farm, Nos. 2 and 4, there are two barns. In 
one containing ten cattle, each animal has 286 cubic feet with 
no ventilation and only one small window for light. The 
other barn has six cattle, each animal having 224 cubic feet. 
This one also is without ventilation or sufficient light. In 
these barns the air was very bad. 
At No. 5 there is no ventilation and only one small win¬ 
dow for light ; in this barn each animal had only 1431. cubic 
feet. Two out of four animals were evidently tuberculous. 
At No. 10 three cows are kept in a tightly boarded pen, 
10x10x8, giving about 266 cubic feet to each animal. At this 
barn there is a small ventilation and one small window, but 
in wintei when everything is tightly closed the atmosphere 
is fearful. 
The other day I visited a barn, No. 11 and in conversa¬ 
tion with the owner, I asked him where he watered his stock. 
In a puddle outside, he answered. The puddle was a 
marshy place where the water lodged in wet weather. It 
was situated about twenty yards from the barn and formed 
part of the yard. The manure pile was on sloping ground at 
the side and drained into the puddle. 
At No. 12 there are twelve cows, each having 233 cubic 
feet, with no ventilation whatever, the farmer taking special 
pains to have a heavy canvas curtain in front of the cows. 
This is a fearful hole in winter time, and it has the reputation 
of being the hottest barn in the district. This farmer is said 
to lose three or four cows every year. 
No. 3 is a small shanty in the city with neither window 
nor ventilation. .The water is carried to the cow, and she is 
in the barn winter and summer. Inside the barn is terribly 
filthy. 
“ At another farm (the State Experimental Station of a 
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