Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . n a good condition when it is put incrib. A crib built after this plan may beany length but the posts should be notmore than eight feet apart. A Horse Shed—A i 2 i a number of brood little expense. On farms wheremares are kept and colts of all ages comingalong, it is much better to have a separateshed for winter feeding for the colts thanto let them run at large among the colt might not do much damage inthe general barnyard, but colts
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . n a good condition when it is put incrib. A crib built after this plan may beany length but the posts should be notmore than eight feet apart. A Horse Shed—A i 2 i a number of brood little expense. On farms wheremares are kept and colts of all ages comingalong, it is much better to have a separateshed for winter feeding for the colts thanto let them run at large among the colt might not do much damage inthe general barnyard, but colts are mis-chievous and one teaches another. A light shed may be built on this plan,which is fifteen by thirty-four feet, at very HOR6£: ^neo It should front on the stackyard and face the south if possible. Foreconomy it is placed on cedar posts let inthe ground below frost, but it should bethoroughly banked up in the fall to keepout the cold winds. In banking up a shedlike this set a board all around the outsideto keep the earth away from the buildingproper. Fit the board nicely so there areno chinks to let in the cold draft. %-^ r7ff/yO£-f?. 58 RADFORDS PRACTICAL A Model Cow Barn—A158 The size of this cow stable is thirty-eightfeet six by one hundred and forty-two feetand it has a capacity for housing fifty-twocows. It was designed very carefully toprovide every comfort for a herd of thor-oughbred Guernseys. The mangers are also connected withthe sewer so that the cows may be wateredin the manger and the surplus water im-mediately drawn off. A space of two feet high between thestudding of the outer walls is filled in with
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