Figure 17 is a ground plan, and shows that the lower story is divided into two parts, _S_, representing the stall, and _R_, all the remaining portion below. The stall is ten feet long, and should be five, or nearly five feet wide; _M_, represents the manger, which is about two feet deep, eighteen inches wide, and in length equal to the width of the stall. The cow is tied to the manger with a halter or chain; _T_, is a trough in the manger for feeding roots, salt, etc., and is about one foot wide, eight inches deep, and in length equal to the width of the manger. The floor of the stall should slope a little to the rear, and must be water-tight, so as to conduct the urine of the cow into the brine-pit, _B_. The floor may be composed of cement, or of two-inch plank closely fitted together. The brine-pit, _B_, consists of a water-tight box made of plank, and should be about one foot wide, six inches deep, and in length equal to the width of the stall. This pit is sunk into the ground so that its top is on a level with the floor, in order that it may receive all the liquid discharges of the cow that are not absorbed by the litter. If the floor is laid in cement the pit may be made of the same material. The object of the brine-pit is to save the liquid manure; to accomplish which the latter must be retained by some absorbent. Dry earth is used for this purpose. At first the bottom of the pit is covered with dry earth, and as soon as this is moist, more earth is added until the pit is full of the saturated substance, when the latter is thrown upon the compost heap, and the same process repeated. A door is placed at _e_, for admitting the cow, and carrying away the manure. The partition between _S_ and _R_ may be made of boards or rails, and need not be over four feet high. The division, _R_, is used for keeping litter, dry earth, artichoke roots, green fodder, and the calf. It should have a door at some convenient place for entrance from the outside, and a window with a glass-frame, preferably on the south side. It is in communication with the stall by means of a gate at _d_. Figure 18 is a view of the gable-end, _L_, representing the loft for storing hay and other dry fodder. The loft has a shutter in one of the gable-ends or sides, and a ladder or steps running up to it from within, for convenience of feeding. _P_, is a post in the corner of the manger. The other letters in figure 18 indicate the same parts as in figure 17.