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I once visited a farm where they had a barn that was as close to
self-cleaning as any I can imagine. It was at Thornmar Farm in Maryland, a
TB nursery/training center. The barn was a Saratoga-style barn, with a
double row of stalls in the center, surrounded by an indoor jogging track,
like this:
_______________
/ ____________ \
I I__I__I__I__I__I I
I I__I__I__I__I__I I
\________________/
The stalls had a trap-door in the floor at the back of the stalls, which
opened up to a conveyor belt running the whole length of the barn, and ending
up at a pit at one end, where trucks were pulled up under the end of the
belt, waiting to haul the muck away. WOW! I was so envious, but I bet it is
a maintenance nightmare - can you imagine all the little pieces of shavings
and stuff that end up jammed under the conveyor belt?
Jan, in Virginia, still mucking the old-fashioned way.
