6—Lancaster Farming. Friday, April 12, 1957
Planned Barnlot Saves Labor
In U. of Missouri Dairy Operation
The building arrangement
shown in the drawing includes
some of the good principles of
dairy building arrangement, says
Ralph Ricketts, University of
Missouri extension agricultural
engineer. Such an arrangement
stresses efficiency, labor saving,
and attractiveness.
The milking parlor is located
on the service court. This allows
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REICH POULTRY FARM E. MUSSER HEISEY
R.D.I. Marietta, Pa. R.D2 Mt Joy, Pa.
A. S. GROFF
21 S. Queen St. Lancaster, Pa. R.D.2
CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS
R.D.2 East Earl, P*.
WARREN SICKMAN MUSSEK’S
Pequea, Pa. The Buck, R.D.I, Quarryville, Pa.
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trucks and other vehicles access
to the parlor from' the service
court without »gomg through lots
or opening gates. The exit door of
the parlor stalls is on the near,
or south end, of the building.
Ricketts calls attention to the
lane or alley leading to fields.
During summer months, cows
can be turned directly into this
lane. In the winter, a gate swung
across the alley directs cows
back into the lot.
The milk parlor isn’t connected
directly to the loafing shed but is
located about 12 feet away. This
space is covered and has a north
and east wall but no west wall. In
the winter cows can come from
the loafing shed into the milking
parlor via the covered passage
way. In the summer, they can be
held in the lot and brought into
the parlor by the same route.
The feed storage and process
ing building is located convenient
to the service court in'the dia
gram, Ricketts notes. The feed
grinder is spoted in this 20 by 30-
foot building so that gram can be
shoveled directly from each of
the four bins into the grinder.
With this arrangement, the
grinder can be used to grind, mix,
and deliver feed into the milking
parlor’s feed room.
WITH ONE
The loafing shed is a simple,
open-front type of structure gen
erally 40 feet wide. About 60 to
70 square feet are neded \>er cow.
This portion of the arrangement
is to be used only for a bedding
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Gap, Pa.
PLANNED BARNLOT SAVES LABOR
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IF PRESENT but mgs are not serving
as efficiently as they might, a long range
barn-lot renovation project may be in
order. Planning and forethought can
make many present buildings serve a new
area.
Such a shed needs cleaning
only once or twice - 'a year and a
manure fork on 'the front of a
tractor makes an ideal cleaning
tool.
The hay feeding shed corners
with the loafing shed and opens
to the east. Hay, stored from the
ground up, is fed with'movable
self feeder managers.
A self-feeding, above-ground
concrete trench silo corners on
the southwest corner of the hay
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V. G. Myers & Son
Aheenu. Pa.
shed. The east end is the open
end. Such a self-feeding silo ac
commodates two cows per foot of
width.
A very important part df the
arrangement above is a mechani
cal device for scraping up drop
pings and loading them into a
manure spreader. A frontend,
tractor-mounted scoop does the
job nicely. The paved area around
the lot and silo works best when
scraped every day or two.
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capacity. The above drawing can be used
as a guide for future plans. The layout
-can be changed to meet a farm’s specific
needs. (Drawing by University of
■Missouri.)
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dual case in itself, this specific
plan would fit very few. How
ever, these principles will apply
to most, Ricketts says. Perhaps a
remodeled barn would replace
the loafing shed or other varia
tions would be in order.
It’s not impossible to reduce
the chore labor of feeding and
caring for livestock by half And,
this is possible without the con
struction of a lot of expensive
structures if a little study and
planning is done ahead of time.