Volume 1

Practical agriculture; or, a complete system of modern husbandry : with the methods of planting, and the management of live stock / By R.W. Dickson.

  • Dickson, R. W.
Date:
1805
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical agriculture; or, a complete system of modern husbandry : with the methods of planting, and the management of live stock / By R.W. Dickson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Double Cattle Sheds, \_7'o face Page 64.] Fig. I. ReprefentS a double Jloed for cattle, in which a is the paflage before the heads ^ h h ftakes to which they are tied up; c c polls or pillars for the purpofe of fupporting the roof. It may be an advantage to have racks when neceflary, as in fig. 15, PI. XX. Fig. 2. ReprefentS another form of double fhed, in which a is the gangway before the cattle; b a room over which may ferve many different purpofes. Fig. 3. An internal part of the Iheds for containing the fodder. In fingle fiaeds it is con- trived fo as to admit its being put in from the cart by having covers that open on hinges t the roof being fupported on pillars a a a, three or four feet in height, placed on the wall at the diftance of eight or ten feet from each otherb b b the hinges \ c cc the covers •, d dd rings for pulling them open by; e one of the covers open, and held by the catch f g^ fig. 4. which is moveable on a fmall pin, the heavy tnA.f within the fixed boards, and the other, g^ without, to catch in a hole made for the ufe in the cover when opened. Fig. 5. ReprefentS plans of flails v/ith flight divifions betwixt them, where cattle are bound in pairs, as in many of the northern dlflri£ls '. aa a the flakes to which they are lied \ bb b the partitions of the flandings. Fig. 6. Plans of narrow flails, where the cattle are not bound, but confined feparately in them, r j / the flails ; « the paflage betwixt t tt the troughs from which the cattle feed. Fig. 7. The elevation of the hind part of thefe flails ; />/> rails to lift out at the ends; g a little hatch or gate fometimes made ufe of. Fig. 8. Is a fedlion of thefe flails : b b fhort rails or braces to keep the cattle from touching ■with their horns. Fig. 9. A plan of a flail: c c troughs for meat; da ciftern for water between them, ferved by a pipe from a pond, &c.; e a rail-divifion or partition betwixt, when nccefiary for confining -them more fully. Fig. 10. Is a fe£lion or view of one of thefe flails with the rack placed over it. Fig. II. The plan of a double calf-pen : d the door; e the paflage between the pens; f ff the pens in which the fituatlon of the partitions is feen; gggg four joints in which are holes for pins to keep the partitions in their places; h a door or window at the end, and other air-holes may be neceflary; i i i i troughs for milk. Fig. '12. Is a fedlion of thefe pens ; k k the pofition of the racks.
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