. Barn plans and outbuildings . feet high,two two by eight inch pieces being used on each side withtwo-inch space between. The girths, a, to hold post inplace, are twenty-two feet long. Leave a space of one footon top of post on inside to bolt a two by eight inch joistboth on inside and outside of post to carry plate. Thelower end of girth a runs down between spaces in tie beam,h, just twelve feet from the outside of post. HOAV TO BUILD A ROUND BARN The accompanyingillustrations, FiguresY, 8, 9 and 10, areof plans for a six-teen-sided barn, cir-cumscribed by acircle with a radiusof thirty feet
. Barn plans and outbuildings . feet high,two two by eight inch pieces being used on each side withtwo-inch space between. The girths, a, to hold post inplace, are twenty-two feet long. Leave a space of one footon top of post on inside to bolt a two by eight inch joistboth on inside and outside of post to carry plate. Thelower end of girth a runs down between spaces in tie beam,h, just twelve feet from the outside of post. HOAV TO BUILD A ROUND BARN The accompanyingillustrations, FiguresY, 8, 9 and 10, areof plans for a six-teen-sided barn, cir-cumscribed by acircle with a radiusof thirty feet. Thereis no economy inbuilding a strictlyround barn, as curvedwalls, sills, corniceand roofing are veryexpensive and offsetthe trifling gain infloor space. The basement floor is two feet six inches below grade,and is made of a four-inch layer of cinder concrete, cov-ered by a two-inch plank floor where cows stand. Thestable proper has a capacity of forty head. Beside this,the basement contains two large compartments for a hos-. Fig. 7—POSITION OP RAFTERS A ROUND BARN 15 pital, a calf pen, feed bins, and grain bin, all handy forfeeding stock. Both these bins have chutes from largerbins above. Two hay chutes are centrally located, andrun directly to the mow. A stanchion lever near the maindoor makes it possible to release all cows at once. A stairruns from near the door to main floor, which is used as astable, with stalls for eight horses. It has a harness closet,
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