Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-26

and should be removed. Some chang
IS are needed in drainage. and screens
| are needed. He feeds some grain. bat
also malt and glucose.
=. J. Bachnan. Thirty-eighth stree.
South Rock Island
Here the sanitary conditions at The
| milk barn are not as they should be.
| Proper drainage can easily be prOvid-
cd as the ground is ON slant. The
stanchions should be wen drained and
he floor free from cracks allowing
water. milk or other liquids TO flow
under the building where fermentation
and decay may take place Sewage.
refuse. milk and water. urine and other
refuse matter should be carried of az
least 80 Yards from the milking barn.
and no manure or other decaying ami
NAL or vegetable matter or hogs should
be allowed in the barn yard. The milk
house was new and wei kept. The
cans were properly placed upon rocks.
and clean. Screens We're lacking.
F. Nerming, near Watch Tower.
This dairy is located in a sort of a
valley. the milk barn being built upon
the side OF a hill This ordinarily
would Afford exceptionally good drain
age. bat the stanchions are draine d
very poorly. and the floor poorly built,
allowing the refuse matter 10 drop
through the cracks. and the ground
beneath is wet with it. This. and the
manure piled up against the side,
makes an offensive odOr The manure
can be easily removed down the hill
Screens are needed. There are % cows
Of good appearance. Two are Jerseys.
two partly Jersey. and the rest Hol-
stems. Shorthorns. Durhams and Poll
ed Angus He feeds some grain. bu-
chiefly glucose and bran.
c. Norman, Twenty-fourth street
South Rock Island.
Norman's supply is furnished by vii
liam Nowack. whose dairy is located
upon a farm owned by Judge Gest on
Brashar road. Nowack's place is good.
The milking barn is well ventilated and
fresh. but needs more windows for
free ventilation The cattle. about
half of them Holsteins. are healthy
looking. He feeds chopped feed,
chiefly. Screens are needed
p. M. BoIlinger.
This dairy is upon his brothers farm
adjoining. There are % cows. The
COW barn appeared clean. but there
was an unnecessary odoT there, and
instead of having a separate room in
which 10 strain and prepare the mills,
Il was done near the stalls. where
.there was manure. etc This. and the
manure at the side Of the barn. prob
ably accounted for the Odpr He de
serves credit for having an aerator. \
nice milk room. with screens. built
separate. and milk hauled away daily.
would make the barn and milk house
above the average This barn is built
upon slant and has natural drain
age. This is not taken advantage of.
as it viii be probably now that il has .
been pointed out to them. Some stag
nant water needs attention.
=. Meyer, Twelfth street, South Rock
Island.
Mrs. Meyer has a small dairy. which
has lately been made much smaller by
the death of half of the cows by light
ming. She feeds glucose. which makes
the milk increase in quantity. but 1t
the expense of the richness At pres
ent the few cows remaining are fed
upon grass. which is thick upon her |
place Mrs. Meyer is very painstak-
ing and cleanly in the handling of the |
milk and in the milking.
Dexter & Springer.
They have a small place and only a |
few cows. The barn ward was not az /
il should be, but changes are under