Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . der one roof by following thisplan. The cows are on one side and thehorses on the other with hay storage in thecenter and a feed room convenient to bothwhile it is easily shut off from either. In making the cement floors it is betterto make a solid floor including the alleyand reaching to the outer walls on eachside. This is really necessary on the cowstable side to have it right. It is betteron the horse side, then lay a plank floorover the cem
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . der one roof by following thisplan. The cows are on one side and thehorses on the other with hay storage in thecenter and a feed room convenient to bothwhile it is easily shut off from either. In making the cement floors it is betterto make a solid floor including the alleyand reaching to the outer walls on eachside. This is really necessary on the cowstable side to have it right. It is betteron the horse side, then lay a plank floorover the cement in the horse stalls. This style of barn offers room for agreat deal of storage and a convenient wayto get rough stufif in. It is not so conveni-ent to do threshing in a barn like this assome others but the barn is not intendedto answer every purpose. It would be dif-ficult to make one building just exactlyright for everything. There are enoughadvantages in this building to satisfy mostfarmers. It is cheap considering theamount of room enclosed, and it is especi-ally convenient in the arrangement forthe winter. Dairy Barn with Storage—A136. rROA/r CL ciy/iriohi CO/f/V Cffifi A great many dairymen object to hav-ing storage of any kind over a cow is more or less dust from the mows,and the dust is objectionable for severalreasons. But it is impossible to keep cowsprofitably unless the rough feed and strawmay be reached easily. Labor is so expen- sive that even the steps necessary whilefeeding must be counted and reckoned inthe cost. If there is no storage over thecows there must be storage near by Thesilo in this plan is placed at the side aboutmidway along the length of the stable foreasy feeding. This position also makes BARN PLANS 43 it easy to get the green cut stalks into the very handy in the summer time if greensilo at filling time. feed is fed to the cows in the stable. Not much corn is fed to dairy cows, but In the storage barn the hay mow
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