. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 222—FLOOR PLAN OF ILLINOIS HORSE BARN stall, also an inside door. An ovitside door in two stallsmakes four ways to get out. The upper story is twelvefeet high and contains room for 200 tons hay, 5000bushels oats and some room left. A ten-sided cattlebarn built by Mr. Baker is shown on Page 65. He writesof them: I find these barns all that I could desire. They arewarm in winter and cool in summer, and I notice onegood thing about them is that drafts never blow onto AN OKLAHOMA HORSE BARN 223 tte stock as in oblong barns or square barns. They arevery convenie
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 222—FLOOR PLAN OF ILLINOIS HORSE BARN stall, also an inside door. An ovitside door in two stallsmakes four ways to get out. The upper story is twelvefeet high and contains room for 200 tons hay, 5000bushels oats and some room left. A ten-sided cattlebarn built by Mr. Baker is shown on Page 65. He writesof them: I find these barns all that I could desire. They arewarm in winter and cool in summer, and I notice onegood thing about them is that drafts never blow onto AN OKLAHOMA HORSE BARN 223 tte stock as in oblong barns or square barns. They arevery convenient for feeding, but they must be seen to beappreciated. to OS. A CHEAP AND CONVENIENT HORSE BARN A part of the large horse barn on the farm of ZachJMulhall in Central Oklahoma is shown in Figure 223. 224: BAR\ PLANS AND OLTBLILDINGS Mr. Mulhalls barn is so arranged that each horse has abox stall and thus enjoys comparative freedom. This isnecessary in the raising of high class horses. Most ofthe stables are one story in hight, with room for consid-erable hay and grain. It is not necessary in this sectionto have as warm barns as in other localities, but in Okla-homa and similar latitudes, barns are as necessary insummer as in winter, because the heat is intense duringJuly and August, and flies are often bad. Unless horsesare kept in during the day at such times, they will loseflesh rapidly in fighting flies. By properly ventilating thebarn and darkening the windows and doors during theday, a properly constructed horse barn is a fairly com-fortable place, even during the most disagreeable seasonsof the year. The barn as here arranged has a double r
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