Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . t ventilator easily. The round girts may be made in twoways, either by using thin stuflf and nail-ing one layer upon the other, breakingjoints, or they may be ripped out of twoinch planks. If ripped out of planks asingle saw-cut through each piece of plankwill shape the sections, cut as shown in thediagram. Use two inch plank ten incheswide cut to four foot lengths. Make seg-ments enough to build up all the girts nec-essary by ripping the short
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . t ventilator easily. The round girts may be made in twoways, either by using thin stuflf and nail-ing one layer upon the other, breakingjoints, or they may be ripped out of twoinch planks. If ripped out of planks asingle saw-cut through each piece of plankwill shape the sections, cut as shown in thediagram. Use two inch plank ten incheswide cut to four foot lengths. Make seg-ments enough to build up all the girts nec-essary by ripping the short planks length-wise through the middle, then rip again onthe curved line. The finished girts are about4x43<4 inches. There is verv little waste. The roof is supported by a similar girt andthis upper girt or plate is supported by ex-tending some of the one by four piecesabove the others as shown in the extension strips may be doubledor two by fours used at these places. The y- o- £^rr/7/Ls Of /foa/v/p co/ta/ c/^/s crib is twelve feet high to the plate. Anair space is left all around and this airspace is big enough to shovel corn. or through. Of course the corn is put in atthe door and at the opposite window untilthe crib is pretty well filled. The roof itself is a very simple is supported by the plate and the ven- BARN PLANS 23 tilator shaft. The roof boards are 12 feetlong and cut 11 inches at the wide end andI inch at the upper end or narrow boards are nailed in place and thecracks battened. The center is easily filled in with sheet of galvanized iron having acut reaching from one edge to the a roof if kept painted will last a longtime. It is very light, cheap and easilymade. A Small Barn with Stable—A117 A small barn with stable underneath isshown in plan (A117). The barn is thirty-two by thirty-six feet and contains stab-ling for eleven horses with convenient feedroom in the basement. The hay chute passes straight downfrom t
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