. Our farm and building book. . are nailed to theoutside of the studding, and the clap-boards are nailed over the tongue andgroove ceiling. The tongue and groovefor this purpose must^be of good qual-ity. It is carefully put on and is car-ried up to the top of the ; The reason for building in this wayis that there may be no harbor for ratsor mice. The idea of having small bins is tokeep certain grains separate for grain may be taken out of one bin,run through the seed grader and thebest put into another bin. After takingout the heavest grain for seed, the otheris probably put


. Our farm and building book. . are nailed to theoutside of the studding, and the clap-boards are nailed over the tongue andgroove ceiling. The tongue and groovefor this purpose must^be of good qual-ity. It is carefully put on and is car-ried up to the top of the ; The reason for building in this wayis that there may be no harbor for ratsor mice. The idea of having small bins is tokeep certain grains separate for grain may be taken out of one bin,run through the seed grader and thebest put into another bin. After takingout the heavest grain for seed, the otheris probably put in sacks and left inthe sacking room until needed for is no ceiling overhead, the binsextend up to the roof. A grain house built on this plan isvery convenient, and, being rat-proof aswell as damp-proof, it makes a goodplace to keep grain that the owner isparticular about. Small Livery Barn—DesignA138L Sometimes farmers retire to town tohve, but do not care to sell their so disposed may build a small. GRAIN HOUSE ON CONCRETE FOUNDATIONra0^t&^&S^^twnt^g S!\binS b1esides scale> mil1 and bagging livery barn of this kind and rent outhorses as occasion demands and makeenough to pay their keep. The profitin such cases often comes from buyingand selling. They can keep horsescheaper than the village man, becausethey get feed from the farm. The building is designedfor convenience withoutrunning into a great dealof expense. The six stallswould be sufficient to ac-commodate the horses,and the harness room islarge enough to hold theharness and a sleeping cotWhen a man has goodhorses, he feels muchmore comfortable whensomeone sleeps in thebuilding with them. No attempt has beenmade to supply storagefor vehicles, but thiscould be. easily provided by building a shed extending outtrom the harness room end of thebuilding. This would be the entrancetrom the street, naturally the manurewould be removed from the otherdoor to keep the business end ofthe stable clear f


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