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Efficiency studies with different types of dairy barn equipment and barn arrangements

This study was made to secure data on the use of different types of barn equipment and bam arrangements. The following outline lists the various phases of the study.

Outline of Investigation

1. Efficiency of labor with different types of barn equipment and barn arrangements

a. Cleaning and brushing cows
b. Cleaning stalls
c. Removing manure from barn
d. Feeding cows roughage and grain

(1) Feeding silage
(2) Feeding hay
(3) Feeding grain

e. Fastening and unfastening cows in stalls
f. Location of milker vacuum lines

2. Efficiency of different types of stalls

a. Amount of bedding require
b. Cleanliness of cows
c. Feed wastage
d. Comfort of cows
e. Production / Master of Science

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53757
Date January 1951
CreatorsHowe, James Wheelock
ContributorsDairy Husbandry
PublisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, Text
Format130 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
RelationOCLC# 24663083

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