That it’s more important to have the disinfecting action of the sunlight applied to the manger where the cow is fed than to the gutter.
That you’ve got to build long in-take chutes for ventilation if your cows face in.
That you’ve got to divide your herd to get it into the barn and if you get a cow on the wrong side of the barn, it causes confusion.
Where cows face out the supporting posts for hay loft floor can be placed where they will in no way interfere with the arrangement of the stalls.
Then the appearance of both herd and barn is better where cows face out. Cows are always sized up from behind. Where they face out, the whole herd is seen at one time.
Furthermore, there never was a barn built, where the cows faced the center, that was wide enough to prevent the walls becoming spattered with manure. Facing the cows out prevents this. It keeps all the manure along one alley and the gasses and fumes are more easily disposed of when they are in one place.
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