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THE KUN-A-L, NKW-VORKSi^ 
March 21, 
Making a Sanitary Stable. 
I am working into a herd of registered 
Holstein cattle, and am going to build a 
shed on to the side of my barn, 16x36. 
Building in this way is cheap for the 
amount of room one gets, also handy 
for feeding out of barn. I would like to 
have proper height of stable below, also 
good plan for inside arrangement, width 
of feeding alley in front of cattle, length 
of stall, etc., with general directions for 
finishing interior of stable. If mangers 
and floor space for cows to gutter is 
made of cement to fit present stock, 
would there not be likely to be trouble 
later with young stock and new cows 
being too short or too long? Could the 
King system of ventilation be installed 
successfully in such a stable? If so. 
please describe method of installing. I 
wish to make a good sanitary stable, one 
that will be warm and comfortable. The 
barn is GO feet long, and I shall con¬ 
tinue the shed the whole length, using 
36 feet for stable, the remainder an open 
shed for manure. c. H. w. 
Michigan. 
The greatest objection to the shed 
stable with manure shed at one end, is 
that it shuts off light from one side and 
end. In planning a stable for milch 
cows three things must be kept in mind, 
comfort of the cow,- sanitation and con¬ 
venience. For convenience in the shed 
stable the cows must head towards main 
barn. Probably as good a division of 
the available room in the 16-foot stable 
would be four feet two inches for feed 
Shed Stahle With King System of 
Ventilation. 
ways, 18 inches manger, five feet platform, 
16 inches gutter, and four feet behind 
cows. A few inches might be taken from 
the space behind cows and added to feed¬ 
way if desired. The platform on which 
cows stand should slope slightly toward 
gutter. The floor, manger and all, should 
be of cement. 
The distance between standards and 
gutter may be live feet at one end of the 
stable and four feet six inches at the 
other end. This will accommodate large 
and small cows or heifers. Cows can be 
taught to take (heir places in that part 
of the stable most suited to their length. 
The King system of ventilation is per¬ 
fectly feasible in the shed stable and 
should he installed. To make it operative 
the entire stable walls, doors, windows, 
etc., must be tight. The ventilating flues 
would better he on the inside of the main 
barn, and should project through the 
roof above the highest point, or it can 
follow the rafters to the peak and pro¬ 
ject a foot or two above. The flue must 
be tight. See cut above. 
The 36-foot stable will accommodate 
nine or 10 good-sized cows, and for this 
number one ventilating flue 10x20 inches 
will he sufficient. Several intakes should 
be constructed, so that direct draft will 
not blow on or over cows. Their com¬ 
bined capacity should be equal to that 
of the ventilating flue. Provision should 
be made for the control of ventilation. 
Secure all the light possible. If it could 
be arranged so that sunlight would fall 
on all the floor space at some time dur¬ 
ing the day it would be ideal. Provide 
water of moderate temperature either by 
drinking cup in the stable or trough in 
covered barnyard and manure shed. A 
dairyman of my acquaintance recently 
put water in his stable and testifies that 
the same cows (38 of them) with the 
same feed and care, after eight days were 
giving 31 quarts of milk per day more 
than before making the improvement; 
big interest on the investment. 
The cow on pasture in the early Sum¬ 
mer months, makes the largest and 
cheapest production. The conditions 
which make possible the heavy produc¬ 
tion at this time are, aside from succu¬ 
lent nutritious food, freedom in pure 
warm air, sunshine and an abundance 
of pure fresh water at desirable tempera¬ 
ture. We should as nearly as possible 
approximate these conditions in the 
stable. F. L. ALLEN. 
Garget. 
A cow is due to freshen in about four 
weeks. As yet I have been unable to 
dry her up, although I stopped milking 
her regularly over a month ago. Every 
few days two quarters of her udder be¬ 
come caked and swollen, and what milk 
I get is thick and lumpy. I am afraid 
she will lose that half when she freshens. 
What can I do? ii. n. s. 
Do not attempt to dry off milk flow. 
Treatment to that end has caused garget 
and it will ruin the udder unless suc¬ 
cessfully remedied. Milk her out clean 
three times a day and then rub in a mix¬ 
ture of one part each of fluid extract of 
belladonna leaves and poke root and six 
ounces of camphorated oil. The mix¬ 
ture will tend to check milk flow, but all 
fluid that forms should be cleanly re¬ 
moved from the udder. A. s. A. 
Ringbones. 
I have a njare with bunches on her 
hind feet resembling ringbone. They 
have been growing for two years, and 
have never been doctored. Is there any 
cure or help for them? z. f. w. 
If the enlargements <to not cause lame¬ 
ness let them alone; if lameness is pres¬ 
ent clip off the hair and repeatedly blister 
the ringbones one at n time, at intervals 
of three or four weeks, while the mare 
is kept in her stall. Use cerate of 
eantharides for the blistering. It would 
be better, however, if you could have the 
ringbones puncture-fired and blistered by 
a graduate veterinarian. Do not breed 
from a mare or stallion afflicted with 
ringbone. a. s. a. 
Ringworm. 
I have a pen of five yearlings in good 
condition. They have what I call barn¬ 
yard itch; it first appears over the eyes, 
hair comes off and looks like warts. One 
the hair is all off along the back. I feed 
corn fodder and hay mul let them out to 
exercise every day, they have good clean 
water to drink. W.hwt is the cause of 
this itch and what can I do to stop it? 
New York. w. it. 
Ringworm is due to the vegetable 
parasite, tricopliyton tonsurans, which 
lives on damp walls, woodwork, fences 
and feed racks as well as on animals. 
To get rid of the pest it is necessary to 
clean up, disinfect, whitewash, sunlight 
and perfectly ventilate the stables. Treat 
spots about the eyes and face by scrub¬ 
bing clean with soap and hot water and 
when dry rub in a little iodine ointment 
each other day until well. Treat spots 
on body by scrubbing clean and then 
applying, as often as found co be neces¬ 
sary, a solution of two pounds of sul¬ 
phate of copper to the gallon of water, 
used as hot as the hand will bear. 
A. S. A. 
Tile Drainage makes 
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as productive as any land in its 
neighborhood, by a judicious in¬ 
vestment in tile drainage. 
Tile Drainage makes land more fer¬ 
tile, it lengthens the tillage season 
..and it is a protection against drouth. 
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