Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-27
Impossible for germ life and bacteria

Impossible for germ life and bacteria
to grow.
Sunshine Is better destroyer a
germs and bacteria than any oomusr-
cial disinfectant In planning tho
barn, the architect should provide for
window space amounting to six square
feet per COW. The dairy bxrR will be
warm enough providing too much air
space II not allowed for each COW and
providing that It Is possible to close
the doors and do away with the GUS
tomary wide cracks that ere to be
found SO often in barns Of the west at
the present time. II the barn II kept
as warm as 1t should be thorough
ventilation II necessary.
MIX Should as Clean.
When We call to mind the
fact that milk is produced for tho Dur.
pose Of human consumption. we are
Impressed with the fact that Il should
be produced by sanitary methods and
always kept scrupulously clean and
free from dirt and dust particles
which are 30 frequently permitted to
gain access to the milk. II the barn
is properly constructed this 10 not q
difficult matter. The interior OF the
dairy barn should be as simple u
possible and one OF the secrets OF pro-
viding the proper interior of dairy
barn is to have It as free from fix
lures which will gather dirt and dust
and. IN consequence, germs and bac-
terra. as possible. All floor surfaces
should be OF cement because this IL
not only the most sanitary construc-
ton but in the long run It IL the
cheapest construction as 1t costs little
more than wood to begin with and
lasts for lifetime. The stalls and
partitions should all be made OF iron
gas pipe, comparatively inexpensive
to begin with snd, like the cement.
once installed 1t remains for q life
time, and even though the outside Of
the barn were to burn down the door,
stalls and stanchions would remain
intact. This construction admits very
little accumulation OF dirt and dust
and fs very easily kept clean. In fact,
IN most sanitary barns that are con-
structed in this manner 1t IL Gus
tomary at intervals and In many In.
stances every day to scrub the barn
from one end to the other. Every DOR.
ton Of the barn should be set CT BY
Itself and especially should the cows
be kept In their particular portion and
all odor kept away.
Poor Butter. -
1t is fact that the butter produced
In the west Is poorer In quality than
the butter that was produced is or 20
years ago. and) this Is due largely to
the fact that the milk Is not cared for
IN the same manner that the butter.
maker In the creamery in the past
cared for the milk before separating
1t. BY keeping the separator clean
and by cooling down the cream or the
milk as the case may be. and keepins
1t cool, 1t is possible to make ever
better butter today than ever before
because buttermakers as Q rule arr
more efficient and skillful in their Oh
erations than In the past.
The matter Of cost Is always to BIZ
considered as an essential point IN thu
construction of any Of our farm build,
ings, but the question 10 ever preva
lent whether or not the barn butk
with the least cost Is tn the long run
the least expensive. 1t is true that
the best barn that can possibly be
built should be built at the-least cost
and by the use OF cement, iron xad
pipes for stalls. partitions ana stanch
ions. and by the use Of the most
economical material for the fram(
work and construction, WIN provide 4
barn which with time considered viii
be not only the least expensive but
also tho most healthful for the cow
and conducive to the production Of thu
most sanitary. the purest and the most
profitable milk. This IL because IL
will be as easy to produce sanitary
milk as that which is unsanttary. and
it will be produced cheaper because
the cows will be in more healthy
condition, and a warm. well ventilated
barn will be conducive to the greatest
possible dow of milk for the least
amount OF feed given. !,
Clean Barn Lots. "-',
Not only should the barn be well AZ.
1duScu OOI IuS AOO 2I0 VI 0QU8l 4O1S
portance. The barn, by all means.
should DO built on one OF the highest
points Of the farm 30 that al moisture
will drain in all directions and keep
the barn lots as wen ~ tho interior Of
the barn free from standing mud and
water at all times. There II very sci.
dom farm so arranged that there ana
enough lots to divide the stock up IN
q manner in which they should be di.
vided, and too often do We find cows.
calves. heifers, pigs, etc. all running
together in one lot, end such an ar.
rangement 10 always the cause of more
or less loss duo to one cause and an.
other. Lots should be provided for
COWS and heifers Of different ages, for
the calves, the bulls, for dry COWS, etc,
and a few lots constructed In the be.
ginning, a few paddocks which In sum.
mer time will grow luxuriant grasses.
will make It possible to give certain
animals particular attention and viii
result in success In moro ways than
one. Cows during a period when Giving
the greatest amount Of milk, n placed
under special conditions, may often.
times be made to give . great deal more
milk than though they received only