Show A COVERED BARNYARD brorn r 1 I 1 I rolel tal plan trilled and de by lit in it 11 bulletin from the cornell uni elpe mental station sti tion on oil thy the production ion nn and 1 caro of birin manures itro iro ressor res sor roberts presents pil pie senti the plan liere here for it clie ii durable rind CI cisily Ily constructed covered yard tin the accompanying fig figures 1 2 and 8 3 show alc tlc alu ground plin trill and cle elevation of f the frame long c posts or 14 ie eight indies inches in ot diameter at the blitt lire are bet kat ill the pound two PW HAH feet deep nuil arid MX bix fact upon 0 those these aro are spiked w Q 4 2 hy by 4 scantling about four feet c apart for nailing girts AD antl 0 a plate 2 by 0 6 is 14 nailed on top of the posts which havo live been previously off to ton 1 line after the girts have flo i GROUND pl hiis X op been to CO conita con YAM them pound poles flattened at tha ends or 2 by 0 6 joists foists doubled apil el to tile the heads of the posts posts will tie ie tho the building buil dins together ten feet will be ba high enough for tho the story etory and oue one story will suffice if no straw is to be stored above except what is there to exclude the tha cold A few rails laid on the cro cros crossties esties sties which bind the building together will sustain the weight of ti alis le straw aw which will exclude cold null and a absorb b moisture better than an expensive matched ceiling on oil the inside of the posts which w have been set in the ground flattened poles or boards may be nailed horizontally and the spica space between the outside vertical boarding ana tile alio inside horizontal boarding maybe may bo fil filled ledwith with straw this kind of a wall is tar far drier trill and more comfortable for the animals than one made of costly stone or brick if it is ia desired to have a place to store stora straw the building should be higher the joists foists stron stronger r arid anil more numerous thin than in ill tho the one s tory story building and they will anvill SECTION j EC T 10 H I 1 rig 1 e SECTION OF YARD SIDE N OF fr all have hav a to be ba supported by a timber sup supported PO arted by posts placed under their centers tiie the roof should be steep and can call be made of any material which will shed water when the posts which have been set in the ground have rotted oil off or 01 are much decayed they may be sawed off even evell with tile tho ground anil and supported by placing underneath each one of them a large flit stone whenever the building is treated in that way it will be necessary to brace it thoroughly it might bo be well in a windy country to brace so wide a building at the start such a building will be inexpensive and reasonably durable it will serve ss as a place for depositing manure when needed it will shelter the animals while they are being watered and the stables are being cleaned and aired nuil and give facilities for preventing loss of valuable fertilizing material either cither by leaching or firing in the second cut fig 2 shows a section of the covered yard while fig 3 in the same cut shows a side view of the frame without roof or rafters |