. Barn plans and outbuildings . Tig. S-i FLOOR PLAN OF A SANITARY COW BARN entire surface of the barn is flushed and scrubbed everyday, keeping it in a perfectly sanitary condition. AN ILLINOIS DAIRY BARN The dairy barn of H. A. Browning of Elgin, 111., Fig-ures 85 and 86, is sixty by seventy-two feet, and has astone basement which is eight feet high in the posts of barn above basement are eighteen feet frame is built of fine timbers, mostly eight by eightinches, sills and plates six by eight inches, rafters twoby six inches, braces four by six and four by four inches. 94 BA
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Tig. S-i FLOOR PLAN OF A SANITARY COW BARN entire surface of the barn is flushed and scrubbed everyday, keeping it in a perfectly sanitary condition. AN ILLINOIS DAIRY BARN The dairy barn of H. A. Browning of Elgin, 111., Fig-ures 85 and 86, is sixty by seventy-two feet, and has astone basement which is eight feet high in the posts of barn above basement are eighteen feet frame is built of fine timbers, mostly eight by eightinches, sills and plates six by eight inches, rafters twoby six inches, braces four by six and four by four inches. 94 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS girths four by six inches. The barn is sheathed outsidewith ten-inch shiplap siding. The barn will stableeighty-two cows and has besides two large box basement has two driveways, four rows of stanchions,and three feeding alleys. The stable is ceiled overheadand has a complete system of ventilation. The entirebasement has cement Fig. 85 AN ILLINOIS DAIRY BARN The barn above basement has room for over 100 tonshay, feed room, grain bins, grinding and stalk cuttingmachinery, but no silos. The small building shown inFigure 85 is a milk house and is not attached to building is fourteen by twenty-four feet, has acement cooling vat that will hold forty eight-gallon cans,cement floor, and is supplied with water from a cistern ANOTHER ILLINOIS BARN 95 and well located on higher ground and piped to barn cost about $2500 to build. A TEN-SIDED DAIRY BARN A dairy barn decagonal in form, each of the sides beingsixteen feet, was built by P. H. Monroe of Plainfield,111., and is shown in Figures 87, 88 and 89, The base-ment is eight feet in the clear, and the studding for the
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