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6. Every person occupying a cow shed shall provide a proper place for the storage
of fodder, and, if brewer's grains be used as food, a covered receptacle made
of impervious material for the storage of the grains shall be provided, such
receptacle to be situated outside the cow shed, to be properly drained, and to
be sub-divided into two parts by a partition, so that each part may be
thoroughly cleansed in turn, and be kept free from any offensive smell.
7. Every person occupying a cow shed shall provide a proper covered place or
receptacle outside the shed for the reception of dung and other refuse; the
bottom thereof to be constructed of flag-stones or cement laid on concrete,
and the sides to be constructed of flag-stones, or brick lined with cement.
8. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause all needful work to the premises
to be forthwith done and executed, and shall not allow any alteration to be
made in respect of the paving, drainage, water supply, or ventilation to or in
the premises without the consent of the local sanitary authority.
9. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow any water closet, privy, cesspool,
or urinal, to be within, or to communicate directly with such cow shed.
10. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow any inhabited room, or workshop,
to be situated over it on any pretext whatever.
11. Every person occupying a cow shed shall keep in it only such number of cows as
shall be specified on his licence; the space for each cow shall not be less than
800 cubic feet: no height of the shed in excess of 16 feet shall be taken into
account in estimating the cubic space. The stalls for single cows shall not
be less than 4 feet in width, and a double stall for two cows shall not be less
than 7 feet 6 inches in width. The stall partitions shall not extend in front
beyond the front line of the manger, and shall leave a clear open space above
the manger.
12. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause the inner walls, and every part of
the premises, to be kept thoroughly clean and in good order and repair at all
times; and shall cause the inner surface of the roof and of the upper portions
of the walls to be thoroughly washed with quicklime at least once in every
quarter, viz., in the months of January, April, July, and October, and the
wood work of the stalls at least once in every four weeks.
13. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause it to be thoroughly flushed and
cleansed twice every day, viz., before 9 a.m. and after 4 p.m.; and the yard
to be cleansed at least once every day.
14. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause all dung manure to be removed
daily in a properly constructed vehicle, before 8 a.m., or where not more than
four cows are kept, every other day.
15. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow it to be used for any purpose other
than that for which it is licensed, or shall keep or permit to be kept therein
any fowl, or any pig, horse, dog, or any other animal except cattle.
16. Every person occupying a cow shed shall give notice in writing within twenty.
four hours to the local sanitary authority, of the existence of any contagious
or infectious disease amongst his cows, and shall cause all diseased cows to be
milked on to the ground.