. Barn plans and outbuildings . can also be secured with aone-story structure. Whether the stable is a separate building, or the base-ment story of a barn, the general plan and arrangementof the stable may be the same. The stable should be atleast thirty-two feet long and of the desired width. Itmakes little difference whether the cows face the centeror the outside. In the upper diagram of the cut of asingle story building, the cows face the outside, with aneight-foot driveway through the middle, to allow the useof a wagon in cleaning. The feeding alley. A, is three MODEL DAIRY BARN 87 and one
. Barn plans and outbuildings . can also be secured with aone-story structure. Whether the stable is a separate building, or the base-ment story of a barn, the general plan and arrangementof the stable may be the same. The stable should be atleast thirty-two feet long and of the desired width. Itmakes little difference whether the cows face the centeror the outside. In the upper diagram of the cut of asingle story building, the cows face the outside, with aneight-foot driveway through the middle, to allow the useof a wagon in cleaning. The feeding alley. A, is three MODEL DAIRY BARN 87 and one-half to five feet wide; manure gutter, E, is twofeet wide; stalls seven feet deep, of which the manger,D, is two feet wide and stalls, C, five feet. This maybe reduced to four feet six inches, or even less, for animalsof the smaller breeds or cows below medium size. Fourbox stalls, twelve feet square, are at one end. The widthof the stalls should be from three to four feet, varyingwith the size of cows, and kind of stall ^^ ^^^vjr. \. ?j^i-i-i-Hci-i-[-ri-i-i-i^i-i-[-iciii E. Fig. 78 GROUND PLAN OF A MODEL DAIRY BARN This plan may be varied by making the stalls face thecentral passageway, an arrangement preferred by manywhere the stable occupies the lower story of a or more stalls may be placed in each row,but when more than double that number is desired, it is 88 BARN ILAXS AND OUTBUILDINGS usually desirable to make the building cross, X, or Tshape, with the different wings meeting at the grain room. Another plan that is frequently adopted for a dairyand feed barn combined, is to construct lean-tosheds for the cow stables along one side and one orboth ends of the hay barn, with a feeding alley nextthe barn wall, as shown in the lower part of the should be convenient doors for egress and ingressto both barn and stable. This barn is thirty feet wideand seventy-five feet long, with cow sheds sixteen feetwide. The feeding alley is four feet, passa
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