Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-17
From the Rural Now Yorker.
The Sanction in the n. Y. Dairy
Districts.

\ correspondent inquiries concerning stan.
chions used in Ilorkimer county for combining
cows in the stable, and how they arc usually
made. The height Of the stanchions from the
floor is FIVE feet and three feet is allowed for
COW, the distances being marked off from
centre to centre Of the spaces which hold the
cows neck. A stable, therefore. sixty feet
long will conhne twenty COWS. This space is
usually considered sufficient for the cows, but
we should prefer that each animal have a IT,
tie more rOom-say space Of three feet three
inches, or even moro, if room can be conyDn-
iently had and the cows are large.
All the lumber should be sawed six inches
wde and any desired length, so that it will
cut without waste The rails, double at the
bottom aud top, should be two inches thick,
and the uprights one and one.iourth Of an
inch thick. 1t will take three uprights to a
COW, one on each side Of the cows neck and
one between the two stanchious, so that the
cows will not be getting their heads into the
wrong spaces when they are driven into the
stable to take their places. The space con.
fuing the neck should be seven inches wide
Now in making these stanchons, the rails are
laid down on the stable floor, and all the up.
rights except the movable one are tackled to
their places with nails The other rails are
now laid upon these at top and bottom, care
being taken that the double rails break joints
and, having been lightly tackled, so as to hold
them in place, you eau begin to bore the holes
in order that the rails may be firmly bolteC
together.
We use six-inch bolts one-half inch iron
| the common carriage bolt with head ant
nut and they are placed along the rails from
three TO four feet apart Wooden pins may b,
inserted in the spaces between the bolt to hold
any standard or upright not secured by bolts
When the bolts are in place and the NUT
screwed up, you viii have a substantial piec,
Of work, if good lumber is used
The movable upright is now arranged a
the proper distance to receive the neck Of tn,
animal, and pin put through at the bottom
on which it is to move. The movable uprigh
projects above the stanchion, and the end i
sawed bcveling in order, when closing, to pusl
up the stanchion fastening at the top, whcl
falls over the projection and secures it il
place when the animal is to be confined.
These fastenings are Of cast iron, and ca
be had at most Of the hardware stores a
about one dollar per Dozen
1t is simply a rectangular piece of iron ST
inches long by three inches wide, with slo
cut out Of the center, one and half inchc
wide, to receive the top Of the movable up
right There are two projections on one end
over which staples are driven into the rail,
thus securing it in place aud serving as pivot
on which it moves up and down When tn
stanchion is to be opened this iron is to b
lifted up by the projecting knob or handl,
but in closing, the beyeled top Of the upright
f as it is pushed in, lifts the iron up and Owe
f the end Of the upright. In IIerkimer, bass
wood lumber is usually employed for maxim
stanchious, aud when lumber can be had 70
, 800 90 per thousand, the whole cost Of ma
terials and setting up is triae over 81 o
per COW. There is patent stanchion whic
swings in and out, allowing the COW NOR
liberty to move, but it is not in genaral us
in Central New York