. Barn plans and outbuildings . r-saving implements, with a good root cellar in aconvenient place, and a yard for manure. The follow-ing plan, Figure 32, shows such a barn. Its cost rangesfrom $1500 to $2500, according to the price of materialsand the amount of finish put upon the work. In mostplaces, where stone for the lower story and lumber can becheaply procured, $1500 will be sufficient to build a barnfifty feet square, inchiding everything needed. This isnot a basement barn, being made on level ground. Partlyunderground stables are not generally desirable, on accountof dampness, too much
. Barn plans and outbuildings . r-saving implements, with a good root cellar in aconvenient place, and a yard for manure. The follow-ing plan, Figure 32, shows such a barn. Its cost rangesfrom $1500 to $2500, according to the price of materialsand the amount of finish put upon the work. In mostplaces, where stone for the lower story and lumber can becheaply procured, $1500 will be sufficient to build a barnfifty feet square, inchiding everything needed. This isnot a basement barn, being made on level ground. Partlyunderground stables are not generally desirable, on accountof dampness, too much warmth in winter and lack ofventilation. But a slight rise of ground, which may be BARN FOR MIXED FARMING 43 availed of, for an easy ascent to the barn floor, is aconvenience, although not at all necessary. This maybe readily made by using the earth from the rootcellar (which should be two or three feet below the sur-face) to fill in the ascending roadway. The stable flooris thus on a level with the ground, and windows on eact. Fig. 32—ELEVATION OF BARN AND STABLE side furnish ample light and ventilation. The founda-tion walls are of stone, sunk three feet below the from the bottom of the foundation would be foundof great use in keeping the stables perfectly dry at allseasons. Below the ground, the walls may be built of drywork, but above the surface the best of mortar should beused in the building. Much of the solidity and dura- 44 BARN PLANS AND OUTBLILULVGS bilitj of a buiLliiifi depends upon llie excellence of tlv-mortar. The stable walls are so built that the baiu oveihangs the entranceways six feet, which gives protectionagainst rain or snow, as well as prevents drifting of eitherinto the open upper-half of the doors or windows, tlui;permitting ventilation in stormy weather, and allownig
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