54 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
believe that much of the valuable part of manure evaporated 
by being exposed to the air. He spreads his so that it plows 
under easily. 
DESCRIPTION OF HIS COW STABLE, 
Frame building 42x56. Three sides of it was of wood 
and the other of stone. His tying posts instead of being' 
length-wise of the building were put in short rows across 
it. He liked these short rows because cows could find 
their places more easily. He has on each side four double¬ 
sash windows, for he believes in having a light barn. Has 
eight large doors for entering the barn. These can be 
fastened on the inside by buttons, or left open as required. 
He can drive through if he wishes. Has an under drain 
running the entire length of building which opens at his 
horse manure pile. In this way he saves all of the liquid 
manure. He has a platform for the cattle to stand on so 
that none of the liquid ever stands in the barn. In the 
morning when he goes in he finds his stables very dry and 
everything clean. He can go to milking at once with his 
Sunday boots on and never have them soiled. The liquid 
all flows into this sub-earth drain. This drain is an inex¬ 
pensive affair, 
The upper part of his barn he uses for a carriage and 
warehouse. The barn complete did not cost more than 
$1,500. 
Patrick: (Digression.) Thought there was no 
branch of farming so neglected as the care of pastures. He 
believed that the average pastures of this country could be 
doubled in value by a little attention. We keep our cattle 
on the same pastures all Spring and Summer and when 
August comes with its drouth we are out of feed. Every 
