Our system of hauling manure is probably more original than our arrangement for handling feed. We do not shovel the manure out of this barn, neither do we push it out. We wash it out with a two-inch stream of water. The gutters slope from the ends of the barn toward the center, being two feet deep at the center of the barn and one foot deep at the ends. Over these gutters we have cast-iron grates to prevent a cow from slipping down. A ten-inch tile leads from the gutter to a large cess-pool outside of the barn and from this cess-pool we pump the sewerage along a ridge to the highest ground of the farm and irrigate it down over the fields. We have an abundant water supply available, cheap power, and hope this plan will prove a practical means of handling manure. So far it has been a very easy matter to flush the manure from the gutters and our sewerage pump throws 200 gallons per minute through a four-inch pipe up the hill as far as we want to go. We use cut straw for bedding and run plenty of water in with the manure so the pump will not clog. The picture of the pump shown is taken from the catalogue of the American Well Works and does not represent our cess-pool but is similar to the outfit we use. [Illustration: Showing the gutter behind the cows with some of the grates removed. The gutter is being filled with water. When full the cover to the opening to a 10-inch tile is removed and the rush of the water carries all with it.] [Illustration: Electric-driven sump pump with 3-inch intake and 2-inch discharge which pumps manure and water at the rate of 200 gallons per minute.] [Illustration: Interior of the barn showing large ventilating flues. At the side of the room are the air-intakes.] Our water pump requires a ten horse-power motor and will throw 150 gallons per minute. Besides a means of getting manure hauled out, we expect to do some irrigating in dry weather. While running both the pump at the well and the sewerage pump we require about ten kilowatts of current per hour. This costs us about five cents per kilowatt. We have installed the King ventilating system. Where a large herd of cows are kept in a barn such a ventilating system is a great help. Our barn is warm and comfortable but not steamy and close.