Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . of feed and outletpipes made provision for emptying andcleaning either tank at any time withoutinterfering with the water supply becausethe other tank could be continued in practice it was found desirable to cleanboth tanks twice each year because if left and cast iron buckets in convenient placesabout the stable and nearby pasture supplying the stock an inch pipewas carried under ground to the house,which was in this way sup
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . of feed and outletpipes made provision for emptying andcleaning either tank at any time withoutinterfering with the water supply becausethe other tank could be continued in practice it was found desirable to cleanboth tanks twice each year because if left and cast iron buckets in convenient placesabout the stable and nearby pasture supplying the stock an inch pipewas carried under ground to the house,which was in this way supplied with hotand cold running water in the kitchen sinkand bath room. There was also an outsidehose tap for sprinkling the lawn and wat-ering the flower beds. Another hose cockin the carriage house supplied a hose brushfor washing buggies. BARN PLANS 127 It might be noted that help stayed alongon the farm year after year. One mangrew up on the place from a chore-boyand only left to get married and work on a farm of his own. Farm hands are quickto appreciate modern who plan right can keep help andmake money from their ^/D£ CLeK/7T/OA/ or s/f/v/r s/V/e/V Well Planned Horse Barn—A171 We are herewith illustrating a horsebarn and in addition to a few words aboutits utility we will explain its construction,which, we trust, will be of interest to thereaders. To make this article more com-prehensiye to those interested in barn con-struction we show an exact reproductionof the architectural plans after which thebuilding was erected. This building is designed to accommo-date fourteen horses, haying ten singlestalls and four box stalls, and all the nec- essary feed bins, harness room, washroom, grain room, carriage room, storagerooms, etc. The carriage room, which is 30 by 36feet clear span without posts, is on the eastend and has an entrance of large doublesliding doors, and also a large sliding doorto the horse stable. The carriage roomfloor contains a ca
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