Show beef cattle feeding plant that guts cuts down cost of labor lal x ma V hi m or hayrack ohp L CA afif V I 1 ILI PACK c Q x ad uj c 2 v D WINDOW ON lz Z galvanized galvanised GALVANI SED VERTICAL IRON MA 6 cr 1 ACTION ON C 1 l floora ax 7 40 AV arriett 4 I 1 CO A 22 11 10 BRACES N ax CHORD S ast Z 1 aw HAYM lo 10 K 0 uta apu 55 0 2 P 11 1 I V i 2 X 6 I 1 N G G 24 OC e 6 1 12 OJO JOIST I 1 at SET 24 0 OC C 0 10 I 1 I 1 FLO 5 1 J ti ay h ay HAY WINDOW U CAPR ER A C AC FR hitt TRAC T RAC TU aup ly ZA Z A ar ra CONCRETE AN r EF I 1 k 5 AA 0 ir 19 H storage I 1 ca C a i throughout OUT tl 1 foulka goulait FOU LAit baft td fra A le MI by W A RADFORD mr william A radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm for cor the readers of this paper on account ot of his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he la Is without out doubt t the he highest authority on the subject address all inquiries to wll ham A radford nad rord no south dearborn street chicago ill and only two cent stamp for or reply with tat cattle selling when this was waa written at 1700 per hundred undred li tile ike raising and feeding of beef animals Is most profitable however the feeding operations on the farm will bring i a greater return where there Is equipment to cut tile labor cost and to house the animals so vint the feed they consume be used to the best art aa vantage herewith Is reproduced an exterior view of a modern beeg beef feeding plant also thero there are floor showing how the exterior is arranged and a cross section giving some of the details of construction the barn Is IT T shaped the main structure la Is 34 feet wide and feet long the stable floor la Is la Is provided with hay bay racks and mangers running through the center these racks are built up so that hay la Is stared in the rac racier lck making an abundant supply constantly coustant ly available to the animals s at the front of the barn area are the feed storage and mixing rooms with twin silos one on elther either side these thase silos ellos are 14 feet lif in diameter and 28 feet high they are conne connected acted with the feed room by an enclosed chute to willell which overhead carrier tracks tun run these tracks extend into the stable and are so located that silage Is carried to the mangers Rian sers on either side of the hay storage racks the harn barn Is of tight weatherproof weather proof construction and Is equipped with a suction venaih ventilation system it provides a warm comfortable place for tile the feeder stock to stay in the winter tl time comfortable animals use their fo food 1 od to put on weight and fat instead of to provide heat to protect them from the cold as Is the case when they ibey are in the open during the severe winter time |