Part 1
Time Saving Dairy Freestall Designs

Part 2
Structural Integrity
A Nod to Cow Comfort
Easy Access Parlors and Holding Areas
Functional Interiors For Fast Feeding

Part 3
Built to Handle Your Business
Waste Management Options
Buildings for Other Needs
Important Notice

Time Saving Dairy Freestall Designs

Dairy operators today face unrelenting demands on their time. Milking, balancing rations, waste-management, the challenges never end. Truth is, unless a dairyman is highly organized, there's just not enough time to get everything done. That's where a Lester freestall building can help. Designed to meet each individual dairyman's needs, it can help you ease your daily routine, and become more efficient.

Lester Building Systems and your local, independent Lester builder are leaders in providing functional livestock housing. They recognize that each dairy has its' own unique needs that require an individualized design. Your Lester builder can assist with a comprehensive building layout that pulls together your building site, building orientation, waste management system, parlor equipment, and possible future expansion plans.

Structural Integrity

The twenty-four hour-a-day, full time use of your dairy freestall facility calls for a building designed to tough quality standards. Today's larger, open freestall buildings require engineering and critical attention to the buildings' structural integrity. Lester Building Systems starts each project with an engineered design, then carefully manufactures the building components using the highest quality materials. The result? A Lester® building that provides an excellent value for the protection of your herd.

A Nod to Cow Comfort

Adjustable curtain sidewalls work in tandem with various ridge designs to create a natural, fresh air flow through the building. This helps create a healthy environment for your herd year round. Cows stay cooler during the summer months and comfortably protected during the colder times of the year.

Easy Access Parlors
and Holding Areas

If new milking parlor and holding area are part of your freestall plan, your local Lester Builder can help assure that this area is easily accessible for both cows and workers. In the parlor, glass-lined walls are impact resistant and clean up quickly. Holding pens may be conveniently located along return lanes from the parlor for cows that require extra attention or as calving areas.

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Functional Interiors For Fast Feeding

Roomy center aisles easily accommodate mobile mixer wagons or feed trucks. Time spent feeding is minimized, while maintaining group feeding options. Cows can easily get to feed and water throughout the day, helping contribute to milk production levels.

Built to Handle Your Business

Today's larger dairies require sharp management. From employee records to cow records, an effective office area can help make managing the business easier. Employee break rooms, rest rooms, and showers are easily included in your design if desired.

Waste Management Options

Your Lester freestall building can be designed to incorporate a waste handling method that works best for you. Options include scrape or flush systems and slatted floors with various holding pit or lagoon configurations.

Buildings for Other Needs

Your local independent Lester Builder has the expertise to assist with other farm structures commonly used on the dairy farm. A commodity feed building, dry cow barn, or replacement heifer housing can be integrated into your dairy complex, now or planned for at a later date. Your Lester Builder is eager to work with you as needed to plan and design these buildings.

IMPORTANT: Planning and good management are necessary for a proper environment for both animals and workers. Adequate and operational ventilation and waste handling systems are required for proper air and moisture balance to avoid a build up of moisture, condensation, noxious gasses and dust. Without good management of these systems, damage to the building and contents and injury to people and animals can occur. Contingency plans for power outages, vandalism, and equipment malfunction must also be considered. For specific information and advise on these and other building design issues, contact your local Extension Service or the Midwest Plan Service.

In the interest of technological progress, Butler Manufacturing Company reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice. Some buildings pictured feature optional equipment.