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The Floor Plan

SOME advocate facing the cows in, others advocate facing them out. Both methods of arrangement have supporters men of judgment and prominence in the Dairy World.

Usually a prospective builder has made his decision relative to this matter before other details have been considered. We’ve endeavored to present the arguments here with pro and con for the two arrangements. This is a subject on which we’re neutral. We can see distinct advantages in both — compensations in one that are offset by compensations in the other. This leaves but little choice.

 

Where Cows Face In

This arrangement of the barn has a number of advantages. You can take the feed all down a center alley and distribute it right and left as you go along. It centralizes the work of feeding. Then the herd is divided so you don’t have all the cows trying to crowd through one door at the same time.

The out-take chutes for ventilation are located at the sides of the barn where they are out of the way, and do not occupy space which could well be used for other purposes.

Sunlight strikes the gutters directly and they get the full value of its disinfecting properties. It gives you light behind the cows when milking in the morning and at night.

Another advantage of this arrangement is that some prefer to see all the herd from either end of the feed alley.