Barbour County index., 1910-08-03

to grow.
Sunshine is a better destroyer OF
germs and bacteria than any CONNER
cial disinfectant In planning the
barn. the architect should provide for
window space amounting to six square
feet per COW. The dairy barn will be
warm enough providing too much air
space Is not allowed for each COW and
providing that 1t is possible to close
| the doors and do away with the GUS
tomary wide cracks that are to be
found so often In barns of the west at
| the present time. II the barn is kept
as warm as 1t should be thorough
| ventilation is necessary.
Milk Should ee Clean.
When We call to mind the
fact that milk is produced for the pur-
pose OF human consumption. we are
impressed with the fact that 1t should
be produced by sanitary methods and
always kept scrupulously clean and
free from dirt and dust particles
which are so frequently permitted to
gain access to the milk. II the barn
Is properly constructed this is not Q
difficult matter. The interior of the
dairy barn should be as simple as
possible and one of the secrets of pro-
| viding the proper interior of a dairy
barn Is to have It as free from FIX
lures which will gather dirt and dust
and. In consequence. germs and bao-
terra. as possible. All floor surfaces
| should be of cement because this is
not only the most sanitary construc-
ton but In the long run 1t Is 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 and. like the cement.
once installed 1t remains for a life
time. and even though the outside of
tne Darn were to burn down the floor,
stalls and stanchions would remain
intact. This construction admits very
little accumulation of dirt and dust
and Is very easily kept clean. In fact.
In most sanitary barns that are con.
structed in this manner it is Gus.
tomary at intervals and in many in.
stances every day to scrub the barn
from one end to the other Every DOR.
tlon OF the barn should be set Off nv
itself and especially should the cows
be kept in their particular portion and
all odor kept away.
| Poor Butter.
1t is a fact that the butter produced
In the west Is poorer in quality than
the butter that was produced 15 or 20
years ago. andD this is due largely to
the fact that the milk Is not cared for
IN tne same manner that the butter.
maker In the creamery In the past
cared for the milk before separating
IL. by keeping the separator clean
and by cooling down the cream or the
milk as the case may be, and keepine
IL cool. 1t Is possible to make even
better butter today than ever before
because buttermakers as a rule ara
more efficient and skillful in their op-
erations than In the past.
The matter of cost is always to ba
considered as an essential point I'm tbe
construction of any of our farm build
lngs, but the question is ever preya-
lent whether or not the barn built
with the least cost is in the long run
the least expensive. 1t is true that
the pest barn that can possibly be
QUILT should be built at the least cost
and by the use of cement, iron gas
pipes for stalls, partitions and stanch.
ions, and by the use of the most
economical material for the frame
work and construction. will provide a
barn which with time considered will
mi fho
also the most healthful for the cowa
and conducive to the production of tha
most sanitary, the purest and the most
profitable milk. This is because Il
Will be as easy to produce sanitarv
milk as that which is unsanitary. and
1t VIII be produced cheaper because
the COWS will be in a more healtbx
condition. and warm, well ventilated
Darn VIII be conducive to the greatest
possible flow of milk for the least
amount of feed given.
Clean Barn Lots.
Not only should the barn be well al,
ranged but the lots are of eouaI i'm
portance. The barn, by all means
should be built on one of the highest
points of the farm so that all moisture
VIII drain in all directions and keen
the barn lots as well as the interior of
the barn free from standing mud and
water at all times. There is very sci
dom farm SO arranged that there ara
/ enough lots to divide the stock up I'm
manner In which they should be d.
vided. and too often do we find cows
calves. heifers. pigs, etc, all running
together in one lot, and such an ar.
| rangement is always the cause of more
or less loss due 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 few lots constructed in the be.
ginning, few paddocks which in sum.