Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-15
A stable with a Parlor.

Following the quarter circle of the
stone roadway we come to the entrance
OF the COW stable, and crossing its portals,
we are astonished at the extreme cleanli-
ness of the interior, though we have seen
enough to make us anticipate much at
tention to sanitary affairs in q model
farm The air is pure and fresh, the
light lnvades the cornermost rafters, and
the horrifying squalor of the ordinary
habitation allowed to the bovine is SUI
perseded by an ethical economy so ad-
mlrable that humatarianism reproaches
us and prlcks our conscieDces with the
contrast between this shelter for brutes
and much inferior accommodations for
man in the tenements of large cities. The
stable is 100 feet wide; it has stalls for
forty EIGHT cows; the stalls are five feet
wide; the managers are two feet wide; the
slantlng platforms upon which the ami.
mails stand are five and half feet long,
and each COW is allowed 900 cubic feet
Of air space, or more than double the
usual quantity. The two rows of stalls
are separated by a longitudinal passage
ten feet wide; there is a transverse
passage eight feet wide in the
centre, and another longitudinal one in
the rear OF each row OF stalls, of which
the floor is divided into four sections.
The sloping platforms Of the stalls end
in slightly inclined cutters, from which
the manure passes through convenient
traps into the cellar for storage. The
room is lighted by eighteen large double
windows, opening at the top and bottom,
and for the early morning miIkings fixed
lamps with brilliant refec,ors are en-
ployed. On the north side there is a
small apartment with few chairs OF
stools, marble wash stand, large mir
ror, and an amplitude of towels. Who.
ever looks into the mirror is reminded by
an inscription over it, as conspicuous as
his own image, that Handsome is that
handsome does" This little room is
called 1.-The parlor," and the reader-es
pecially the practical farmer''-may be
disposed to cry out against parlor in q
stable as an absurd piece of Utopian ex
trayagance. 1t is in reality dressing
room, and before milking time each
man is required to wash his face and
hands and to brush his hair
tidiness OF person being insisted upon
We forgot to tell that the floor of the
barn is dry and sanded, and that there
are no odors to offend the daintiest nos.
trils. The beds of the animals are
changed every day, being formed o.
dried leaves spread upon the sanded plat
forms.
Over the entrance to the parlor an un.
erring clock sedately whispers the
seconds, and ten minutes before it marks
5 A. NJ. and P M.-the milking-time--
any visitors who may be in the barn arr
excluded; the milkmen (maids are an
anachronism)e nter the dressing-room anG
precisely as the fingers record the hour
they re-appear, with hands and faces
clean and hair smooth, and sit down t.
their task. As each COW is MIXED, 1T
yield is separately weighed and thu
quantity recorded on a slate, which il
passed with the milk to the dairymaid
who stores the warm, fragrant fluid II
shallow pans during winter, and deeI
pans surrounded by running wafer dur
ing the summer W. Fl. Rideing, n
! Harper's Magasine for October.