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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3613, 21 December 1905, Page 4

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MODEL DAIRY BARN.

It Cun Be A*"'pi 70 'lt j.lection «V .I--,-/. I send- a u • ;o. a : ground plan of the most cc n;. rienl. dtiriy bum it has ever been my foil; . to see. The plan shows a bam foe 1' cows, but it can be made longer or thorter to accommodate a larger or ar; alter number of cows. It is brat to build it two stories high, to store a large amount of feed, but it can be m ade one-story where one does not need so much loft room. ! The cow stalls ore marked A in the

ground plan, and the calf stalls B. The places of the milking stools are marked with a small circle. The milker occupies the same stall with the calf, there being a door,,shutter in the center of each calf stall, separating the two. How these shutters swing is shown at C, there being a small door without a'shutter through which the milking is done, in front of each milking stool, at D. The feed troughs are marked B. The feeding is done from the driveway, through Windows, with drop shutters, shown, at P, Pig. 1. The are driven in the long, narrow

GROUND PLAN OF BARN. passage marked X, from either end of the barn, through doors at G. The shutters to the cow stalls (A) opon back in this passage, as shown at H. One can go from the driveway to the long passage (X), through the doors (I, J), ond the cross passage. The manure sheds arc full length of the barn, as in-

dicated bv -he dotted lines, Fig. 2. The to these sheds are made in seoare binged to the wall of the -■'i-; \* ‘t, ran be raised up, as indicated by the broken Hg. L , An opening of about 18 inches is left just under the roof of the manure shed, the full length of the barn, marked J, J, Fig. 1, to throw the manure through when cleaning stalls. The stairs are hinged to the loft and- can be raised up out of the way with a pulley and rope attached, w-hen it is necessary to drive through. If you contemplate the erection of a cow barn it will pay you to study this plan, for I assure you it is a good one for Georgia, and can !■ be adopted, to suit any section. —R. W. J. Stewart, in Ohio Farmer.

HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN

If you have found nn honest commitf* sion house stick to it. Some cows do not like some milkers, and it is unwise to have them milked by such persons. Unless it is an extraordinary good cow, an habitual kicker is too much of a nuisance to fool with. It took a long time to stop the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine, but the law has triumphed at last. ■ Never trust the milking of a heifer to any one who has not a good stock of patience and judgment. Lack of either may ruin the cow. k The f&cmej’ is foolish ever to buy cod Cream and butter answer the / purposes, medicinal and for nourishment —much better. Sore teats can often be cured by vaseline, which is one of the simplest and best remedies we have for ordinary ■ores. So la the extract of witch hazel. —Western Plowman.

'fev?''” 1 ' Care of Dairy Heifers, The young dairy heifer ought to be a« well fed and cared for as the milk cow* I' because her future usefulness depends on her condition prior to her first pregnancy. She docs not need food either for milk production nor for fat, but . ought to be kept in strong, growing con- , dition by food that makes bone and muscular tissue and gives vigor of constitution. • The heifer' should have, a more active life than the cow kept for milk, but requires just as much care in feeding and just as sufficient shelter from inclement weather. Prairie Farmer. Hie Cheese Cnrliuf-Room. In regard to cheese making a writer says; “The great need to-day is a more perfect curing-room, where the cheese ■ can bo held at a lower temperature to cure and obtain slower maturing, and holding all molds in the cheeseroom in - check by the use of the formaline spray. All. this means a saving in weight and an improvement in flavor, which results -in more money, which is what we are all after.*’ '