The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-05-08
Agriculture.


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N y. ssls the fellsssss easssaoss. What
10 The opinies q dsiry asr ~ 10 The use q
esnsns Cor 10 TIE zoe ssshlsf Hov
gill Il s,sed cor ssvs,e cold sssshsri
d, lhs eoss rsqsirs usrs bedding cher
IL 10 pssdi Boz 10 TIE bottom Of the
sisnshiou secured shsrs II rssts 90 ihs 90
rsrit Where cso isi rmstioa be bad
eoncsrE nina ihs construction Of esorf
Iosn1ot snss@ sba The orinion 81 de-,
fymsr ssossslly IL. - The iset 10 thsi the
os Of cement hss eons 10 fscsaily. spd u
10 psobsbis tbs, ouly susli proportion Of
them have irisd cement 1,ers From 90
expresses OF tea yssrs sith my COWS. !
can heartily reeo nmsnd IL. ard would not
make spy Other hoos Tor the ecv stsbls.
TDsrs ere several sdssotsses. one u shich
IL durability % ssiI Is economy. Ths
firS cost 10 less than tbsi oil sbs plank
d cor. and then II 10 built ior life. Second
the cement does net tsks mp sny liquid,
spj conssqosntly The stable IL ireer irom
odon then sith spy other floor. Plsnh Of
sny kind will 90, sstafstsd snd vill make
usks ,be stable foni. A third advantage
IL tbs. none Of The liquid manure teaches
through and 10 lott TIE best wsy to rave
this 10 BY usins bedding enough 10 absorb
ill The liqaid. rather tbsn 10 Try &c tsks II
10 drains TO . cisiern where IL will bsvs 10
DO pumped out and handled.
There 10 no trouble vhstever. II good
Portlsnd cement 10 nssd. about cold sssth
81. Hundreds Of milss Of Wake bsvs been
laid 10 tbs cities Of Minnsso.s and the De
ko,ss. sad the cold does not affect II 10
the lssst laid ons several yesrs ego 10
November. which 10 too late to get IL thor
ouebIy hardened before cold weather sets
10. Winter %. 10 early thst year, sud the
mercury vent 20 degrees below z,ro, bat
IL vas mol hort rhis vss laid on vel,
sposty land, where l had found It impossi
bic TO keep II 10 good condition with stone
and gravel. but the cement hss given per
feet satisfaction.
The COWS do not require more bedding
than With . plank Hoor. We make our
floo,s on which the cows stand just i've
feet from mspeer 10 drop, and Icy 1t With
90 inch OF isl. 10 order that tbs liquid may
drain into the msnurs ditch. l always
bed 10 the Gov stable With short bedding,
u,ine either corn chat wbich We save ircni
Glover bulls. or when these cannot be had,
We uss sswdust. and End tbs, one large
shovelful (se use 9 coal shovel with
blade IL inches widt) Of this chef will be
sufficient for . COW day. Oar COWS
stsnd 10 the stabls during the winter TWEEN
~ hours out OF the twenty four. and 10 Sc
we're weather all the lime. The ditch 10
clesnsd every morning.
For fastening the bottom OF The stsnch
ion, . 2 by 4 scsntlipg may be bedded 10
the cement when the floor 10 laid, or by
4 csn be boiled to The partition sbov, the
osmept and the stshohions plsced on that
We ind a ,or five feet long ample for
COW OF 200 pounds weight. % the stalls
sre four feet vide 10 the clssr, and the
COW lies down always at en- angle. For
the small Jerseys we place ct the iron. end
Of tho stsll next to the msnger az by 4
piece to crowd them back far enough 90
thst the droppiuss will always fall into
the manure ditch. With some Of our
snsll cows W place this SIX inches from
The msnger. This plan 10 easier than 10
mste the manure ditch angling with long
stslls ct one en- aud short one, st the 9th
Or, % Is sometimes done. have mailed
W. II. d. booklet telling how to make
,emsnt floors.
A reader who fails to give his address
writes ss follows What provision do you
mako for the liquid manure in stables with
ssment h3ors for 90 20 and horsesf This
/, partly answered in the reply to ". Il.
D.'s questions, but will say that l slwsys
prefer to use sbsorbents enough to take
up The liquid 10 stable Of sny kind. We
make the f,or 10 the borse stable level.
,nd put in enough bedding 30 the liquii 10
III abs otbed. Uoess this 10 done il mskss
1 foul for the feet in passing through BE-
hind the horses, aud IT Is likely TO rot the
boards where hey srs nailed TO tbs ell.
10 ID COW stable the manure ditch 10 o.
ss,s bsdded % we'll as the Aoor on which
he COWS stand, 90 ., 10 take up the liquid.
The beet way hsve ever found TO manage
manure 10 10 keep II under roof 10 . stable
u shed where dishorned cattle run looss.
Toe liqoid keeps the manure moist and
rAmpiss keeps 1t from bestiog, end there
. no waste or loss from either lesehise or I
Ire isngine. We have sucb . stable st the q
ssr OF our horse stable where We pr, The
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