Excerpt from The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac, for the Year 1856: Containing Practical Suggestions for the Farmer and Horticulturist, Embellished With One Hundred and Fifty Engravings, Including Houses, Farm Buildings, Implements, Domestic Animals, Fruit, Flowers, &C Near the centre will be perceived three large vats, or tanks, and a pump. These tanks are for the manufacture of slops, and should be sunk in the ground so as not to freeze, and must be placed so as not to interfere with the cart passage or gutters. Stanchions three feet apart are the best fixtures for fastening the ani mals, and the feeding floors should be smooth and clean, and raised two or three inches above the platform on which the cows stand. If slop is to be fed, small boxes may be placed with their upper edges nearly even with the floor. The position of the doors is plainly indicated in the plan 3 also the width of the several parts. This lower story should be made of substantial materials, and, if of wood, so constructed as to be capable of easy renewal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.