. Barn plans and outbuildings . 78 BARN PLANS .VND OUTBUILDINGS CHEAP CATTLE SHEDS AND BARNS Much money is wasted in building sheds and barns ofneedlessly heavy timber. No timber should be larger orstronger than is sufficient to hold up the roof, and fourby four studding, or posts, will do this. Where strongwinds prevail, much may be saved by having the buildingslow. Indeed, there is a saving anywhere, by havingeverything as near the ground as possible. The common. 70—PLAN OF CATTLE SHED idea that high buildings are the cheapest because roofspace is thus saved, is erroneous, and it should not
. Barn plans and outbuildings . 78 BARN PLANS .VND OUTBUILDINGS CHEAP CATTLE SHEDS AND BARNS Much money is wasted in building sheds and barns ofneedlessly heavy timber. No timber should be larger orstronger than is sufficient to hold up the roof, and fourby four studding, or posts, will do this. Where strongwinds prevail, much may be saved by having the buildingslow. Indeed, there is a saving anywhere, by havingeverything as near the ground as possible. The common. 70—PLAN OF CATTLE SHED idea that high buildings are the cheapest because roofspace is thus saved, is erroneous, and it should not boforgotten that a three-story barn must necessarily have avery strong and heavy frame to support its own weight,as well as the side thrust and weight of its contents. Astudding two by four inches will be strong enough for ahay shed eight feet high at the eaves, while one sixteenfeet high will spread, and sometimes burst, with six by sixtimbers. Thus it mnv very often be found better to take CHEAP CATTLE SHED 79 up more ground, and make twice or three times as muchroof surface, than it would be to save in floor and roofspace, by building higher. The plans here given are ofcattle sheds, recently built at a cost of only $15 per headof the cows sheltered, and for comfort and conveniencethey are all that can be desired. To accommodate tencows in a shed costing $150 is often more desirablethan to build a baru costing $1500 that will supply nomore room. Where e
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