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- Efficiency studies with different types of dairy barn equipment and barn arrangementsHowe, James Wheelock (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1951)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