Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . en seen in NewEngland is given in plan (A134). Thehorses and cows occupy part of the firstfloor, leaving a space in one corner thatmakes a convenient storage for farm is a driveway through this part ofthe barn and the door is large enough toget in with a hay-rack or a grain drill. The upper part of the barn is used al-most altogether for hay storage, the haybeing lifted from the driveway by a horse-fork. It makes the stable much warm
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . en seen in NewEngland is given in plan (A134). Thehorses and cows occupy part of the firstfloor, leaving a space in one corner thatmakes a convenient storage for farm is a driveway through this part ofthe barn and the door is large enough toget in with a hay-rack or a grain drill. The upper part of the barn is used al-most altogether for hay storage, the haybeing lifted from the driveway by a horse-fork. It makes the stable much warmerto run the partitions in front of the cowsand horses to the ceiling above Unfor-tunately, too many farmers are carelessabout such things and their animals oftensuffer in large draughty stalls. This barn is thirty-six feet wide by sixtyfeet long, not very large on the ground fora farm barn, but the shape of the roof helpsout very much in the storage. It is floored over with the exception ofan opening over the drivewav and as this Barn—A134 floor is only nine feet above the ground itleaves a very large loft. There are a good many Yankee barns. without so many windows, but the win-dows are a great advantage. It is mucheasier and more pleasant to do work in alight barn and the animals do better. Itis difficult to account for so manv dark 54 RADFORDS PRACTICAL
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