The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-06-30
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n R1an which seems to BE worthy OF
Thoughtful Consideration.
Farmers who contemplate building
barns with basement stables intended
two have two rows OF stalls or stables
for cattle running lengthwise must
build wider than 30 feet, or they will
rue 1t when using them--I cure not
who carelessly recommends that width.
used the old 30x40 foot barn as an ell
to my barn and tried the double rows
Of stalls, and by putting calves on one
side with cows on the other managed
to get along, but am cramped for room
In the (centraD feed alley all the time.
Many IL plan that looks we'll on paper
will vanish into lifelong curse when
put to the actual test of everyday use.
tell all men who ask me how wide,
"34 feet, and better 35 feet, then make
the length to look we'll" But, you
say, that is too large; l never saw
such barn yet. But I have been in
dozens that were too small.
Every man must remember that out
| of 80 feet there must be feet on each
side for tho stone wall. (Any wall
much narrower will in time pay back
the economical builder) That leaves
only 26 feet to be divided, or 13 feet for
each side. The passage way behind the
cattle needs to be at least feet for
! wheelbarrow or walk; foot, or more,
| for gutter, then the larger breeds OF
cattle will require feet from gutter to
front of head (smaller breeds some
less), or 12 Of the 13 feet. Some smart
man may say that he can fodder whole
hay-mow out along or 3-foot alley.
I presume so, but he will find it moroto-
nous business to follow for lifetime,
| and any man who wishes comfort will
avoid such pinched dimensions. A little
| more room in the rear of the COWS, and
a wider feed alley will be productive of
more true piety as we'll as genuine con-
venience.
| Some advise stanchions,-stocks for
| heads instead of feet. Is this world go
ing back to the dark ages? Stiff or
stationary managers and stalls, some
cows standing with hind feet in gutter,
for lack of room, or length of stall; the
next COW, shorter, don't reach back to
gutter-too much room or length! II
this is an age of progress, why not
show it in deeds of mercy for our dumb
brutes? My stalls are built on the
single-stall plan; feet high all around,
and feet deep between cattle. They
vary in width some, but 80 feet
for such stalls is wide enough for
my largest cows, or 1,200 or 1000
pound steers. They are built in Sec
tions between the posts that support
| the barn, and are fastened to nothing,
hence, if the COW is a long one move
it forward from the (cemented) gutter
until there is enough room, and no
more. If the next section has a small
COW, move it back toward the gutter
| just right. If you wish, for any cause,
to change those COWS, reverse the
order, being sure that each cow stands
just right to the gutter. Our moving
machines, binders, cultivators, etc.,
are adjustable to the different order OF
wants, and why not our staPles? I
/ have COWS that have stood in such
stalls every night (and during the
winter days also) since September 1,
1887, and they are as free from manure
as though they had been out on the
grassy beds of summer. l bedded
| them little with sawdust. fed all
my straw in winter. The floor is
cemented and almost level. My COWS
are tied with ropes and snaps, around
| the neck, having two feet of slack
| rope, and they will stand and lick
their sides, on either side, clear to
/ the roots Of the tail, which is about
| as well as they can do out of doors.
They lie down and get up, eat their
own feed (Which may be different for
each once, with nothing to molest or
make them afraid.-iS. Il. Babcock, in
| Ohio Farmer.