. Barn plans and outbuildings . the ensilage, it is put in bushel crates, whichare set upon trucks and run through the feeding alley,which makes a short job of the feeding. The horse manureis used in the gutters behind the cows, and all goes tothe manure pit, which is drawn out once a week whenweather is suitable. The cost of this barn complete, in-cluding water pipes, eaves troughs, etc., was about $ is a very handy and comfortable barn, and as it isunnecessary to step outside to do any of the chores, workcan be quickly done and without inconvenience in badweather. CONVENIEKT FARM BARN
. Barn plans and outbuildings . the ensilage, it is put in bushel crates, whichare set upon trucks and run through the feeding alley,which makes a short job of the feeding. The horse manureis used in the gutters behind the cows, and all goes tothe manure pit, which is drawn out once a week whenweather is suitable. The cost of this barn complete, in-cluding water pipes, eaves troughs, etc., was about $ is a very handy and comfortable barn, and as it isunnecessary to step outside to do any of the chores, workcan be quickly done and without inconvenience in badweather. CONVENIEKT FARM BARN AND YARD 21 PLAN OF CONVENIENT FARM BARN AND YARD The accompanying illustration, Figure 14, shows theground plan of a very convenient barn with end also shows plan of granary, chicken house and yardssurrounding the building. The end elevation needs noparticular explanation. Aa shows the construction of I-SO ^~n r-^ r^-^ p-^ ; 1 I ) , L B ITc ^T t s 15-20 \ 11--Jo 10 SO J F 40-G2 pun rwni nooK wn) \ Fig. 14 SUGGESTED ARRANGEMENT FOR FARM BUILDINGS frame and location of window in the end, B is the feedroom, C is the cow stable, D is the open cow shed and Eis the pig room. In the ground plan A shows the mainfloor of the barn, thirty by thirty feet, which is used forstoring hay. However, a part at N is reserved for the 22 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS work room and at M as a harness room. In one corner thestairway leads to the upper story. The horse stalls at / are six in number. 5 is a feedroom fifteen by twenty feet and can be used for a box stallif necessary. K is the calf room and C the cow is open cow shed and E the hogpen. F is the open yardbetween granary G and barn. The chicken house H isnine by fourteen feet, S is the chicken yard, I, twenty-fiveby thirty feet, is the wagon shed. The dimensions areindicated on the sketch, which of course can be changedto suit individual tastes. The whole arrangement is simplysuggestive. It works well o
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