. Modern farm buildings : being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines . doors. The only stock fixture which is useful isthe flush ring and lock (Fig. 34), for fastening a swing stalldoor from the inside. For the Dutch door this should beplaced on the lower half. If it is necessary to open the doorfrom the outside a double cup can be had, though this will notlock the door; to do this a pad
. Modern farm buildings : being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines . doors. The only stock fixture which is useful isthe flush ring and lock (Fig. 34), for fastening a swing stalldoor from the inside. For the Dutch door this should beplaced on the lower half. If it is necessary to open the doorfrom the outside a double cup can be had, though this will notlock the door; to do this a padlock and hasp are second-story feed room doors, hay doors and the like, thereis nothing equal to the old-fashioned swivel bar, hung in thecenter and falling into iron straps at each side, and when thisis used the doors open in. Fig. 35 shows the hardware necessary for the fastening ofthe windows in the cow barn, or in all buildings where the ani-mals are housed. The windows not in the animals quartersusually drop back on a chain with a hook on the end. This al-lows the sash to be easily removed by unhooking the chain 126 MODERN FARM BUILDINGS from the eye on the sash. These chains must be unusuallystrong, as the windows are heavy and a gale of wind will fre-. FIG. 35—WINDOW CHEEKS AND SASH FASTENER quently blow them open and break the chain. Sash chain isof no use for this, and a chain the weight of the ordinary steeldog chain or halter chain is necessary.
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