. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 221—ILLINOIS HORSE BARN suit the wishes or the means of the builder. Here It Ismade perfectly plain, in order to be the most economical. A TWENTY-SIDED HORSE BARN In Figures 221 and 222 Is shown a twenty-sidedhorse barn built by John C. Baker, a lumberman andstock-raiser of Manhattan, 111, The barn is sixteen 222 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS feet on a side, 320 feet around it and 102l^ feet indiameter. It contains eighteen box stalls fourteen bysixteen feet in size around the outside and four-teen single stalls eight by twelve feet in the the
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 221—ILLINOIS HORSE BARN suit the wishes or the means of the builder. Here It Ismade perfectly plain, in order to be the most economical. A TWENTY-SIDED HORSE BARN In Figures 221 and 222 Is shown a twenty-sidedhorse barn built by John C. Baker, a lumberman andstock-raiser of Manhattan, 111, The barn is sixteen 222 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS feet on a side, 320 feet around it and 102l^ feet indiameter. It contains eighteen box stalls fourteen bysixteen feet in size around the outside and four-teen single stalls eight by twelve feet in the the barn is a driveway fourteen feet wide. Thebox stalls are for stallions, mares and colts and are builtof hemlock two by fours laid flat and spiked togethersolid. The feed rack, which is built into the outsidewall, is also of two by fours. There is a window in each. 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
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