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(2.) He shall cause any receptacle which may be provided for
such water to be emptied and thoroughly cleansed from time to time,
as often as may be necessary to prevent the pollution of any water
that may be stored therein, and where such receptacle is used for the
storage only of water he shall cause it to be properly covered and
ventilated, and so placed as to be at all times readily accessible.
Part II.
The regulations in Part I., and also the following regulation, shall
apply to all cowsheds other than those the cows from which are
habitually grazed on grass land during the greater part of the year,
and, when not so grazed, are habitually turned out during a portion
of each day.
8. A cowkeeper shall not cause or allow any cowshed in his
occupation to be occupied by a larger number of cows than will leave
not less than eight hundred feet of air space for each cow.
Provided as follows :—
(a.) In calculating the air space for the purposes of this
regulation, no space shall be reckoned which is more than
sixteen feet above the floor; but if the roof or ceiling is
inclined, then the mean height of the same above the
floor may be taken as the height thereof for the purposes
of this regulation.
(b.) This regulation shall not apply to any cowshed constructed
and used before the date of those regulations coming
into effect, until two years after that date.
Part III.
9. In this Part, the expression "Dairy " means a dairy in which
cattle are not kept.
Lighting.
10. Every cowkeeper shall provide that every dairy in his
occupation shall be sufficiently lighted with windows, whether in the
sides or roof thereof.