Archive image from page 148 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 AN AMERICAN OCTAGON BARN. room at the roar, sixteen horse-stalls may he ar- rann-ed ou south-west, south, and south-east sides. But for 200-aere farms, generally, no more than forty head of cattle and six horses would be kept, and for such our g-round-plan would he most con- venient, because it furnishes easy access with a cart, both for supplying fodder and carrying away the manure. Ou our plan we have much space on the north, north-w
Archive image from page 148 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 AN AMERICAN OCTAGON BARN. room at the roar, sixteen horse-stalls may he ar- rann-ed ou south-west, south, and south-east sides. But for 200-aere farms, generally, no more than forty head of cattle and six horses would be kept, and for such our g-round-plan would he most con- venient, because it furnishes easy access with a cart, both for supplying fodder and carrying away the manure. Ou our plan we have much space on the north, north-west and north-east sides, which may be used for various purposes, such as root- cellar, sheepfold for fifty sheep, or for stowing away tools, working waggons, and implements. 'The basement is not sunk in the earth, but on the north and south sides it is graded up to the floor of the second storey, so as to make an easy drive - way into the barn. The base line, as re- presented on the drawing, is 4- feet below the general level of the land on the north side, but there is an open channel of water, into which every part is drained, on the south side. The earth on the east and west sides is scraped upon the north and south sides to grade up the drive-ways into second storey. This base- ment is lighted by six windows of twenty lights, 8 by 12 glass, and six of ten lights each. 'A little examination of this form of barn will not only show its adaptation to large farms but to all sizes—from the smallest to the largest. A farmer has but to calculate how much room he wants for cattle, how much for horses, how much for sheep, how much for hay and grain, how much for carriages, waggons, tools, or any other pur- pose, and he can enclose just the number of square feet needed, and with the shortest outside wall. He may be liberal in his allowance of room, for it costs less, in proportion, as the size is increased. Fig. tie-rod Suppose he requires for a 50-acre farm 2,090 square feet of
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