PERFECT COW STALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3602, 25 November 1905, Page 4

PERFECT COW STALL.

After a Test of Seven Years Its D«sltfner Considers It the Beet Thing of Its Kind. f There is nothing about the dairy y barn that requires so much oars and ingenuity as the construction of cow ■tails. Contenipliu...g the wisdom of a, invention that would give not only I-,-; feet comfort to dairy animals, but ' ii sure perfect cleanliness, I construct--1 ( ;> (hat has proved to be a grand ''' .. r a test oi seven years, t,,my stall appeared thousands of dairymen have placed them in their dairy barns and where constructed according to the plan® shown in the ' illustrations they have always given feet satisfaction. The construction is simple and the plan# easily followed. If a carpenter i» enuiqjsd tM that he makes bo

BIDE VIEW OF STALL. changes, as any deviation will result in ruining the whole plan. The platform is made of inch oak doubled, with 'broken joints and a two-inch fell At ditch. This platform may be made <of cement instead of plank or board*. The ditch should be made watertight. I have found that where a considerable quantity of absorbents are used a ditch 16 inches wide, 9 inch** dtejp at platform and 7 inches at walk hie given us the greatest satisfaction. We -uiid that a platrorm 6 feet 6 inches fron- ditch to the piece aero** the fmr* -• f the stall is just right for e . '’'g 1,000 pounds. For f the length, the hk. i Uk‘ cow oack to the dik-h that all her voiding* will fallintotheluUer.whichinsures a clean animal. For the mangers I use two ( three by three studding, and- lay them lull length, of stalls, so that the feed ■trough will.be 18 inches wide and four inches above platform after placing e L/ tight bottom of either an 18-inch ■ board or matched flooring. The flange board next to oow in seven inches wide, being just ten Incho* from top to floor. The opendng of the manger at top ought to be 18 inches wide. At this point all feed, grain, silage, hay or fodder Is fed. The last slat at bottom should be only six or seven Inches wide from the slanting back of manger, so that nothing but grain or cut feed will pass Into the 18-inch trough. The cows are tied with the common ewlvel tie chain. The partition* for thestallsare three feet six inches long and four feet high: width of stall, three feet two inches from center to center, Th# partitions do not follow through post the flve-foot post to the slanting back of the manger higher than one foot above the fed trough. This is done so that green corn or corn stover can bo fed more easily, which to many farmer* is an item. The feed bin is an adjunct which many have attached and run the full length of the feed alley with door to door, as shown. This feature saves many steps in a whole winter's feeding and hold* a large quantity of feed.—Georg* 38. Seott, in Orange Judd Fanner.