Show BEST FARM BUILDINGS too little thought and study given to details not generally tood that circular structure Is much stronger than rectangular form cost of material Is less by W J the planning construction and arrangement ran gement of farm buildings do not usually receive the thought and study these subjects warrant how many dairymen have compared a circular 40 cow barn with the common rectangular building containing the same area how many understand that the circular structure is much the stronger that the rectangular torn requires 22 per cent more wall and foundation to enclose the same space and that the cost of material is from sa to 68 per cent more tor the rectangular building in a community in which everyone Is engaged in the same occupation one person Is likely to copy from his neighbor without apparently giving a thought as to whether or not there Is a better way in comparing a 60 foot round barn with a rectangular barn of the same area the two barns should afford the cows the same amount of space on the platform allowing each cow in the 60 foot round barn three feet six inches in width at the rear of the plat form it will accommodate 40 cows and leave space tor two passageways eways but in a rectangular barn only three feet tour inches of platform space need be allowed tor each cow and the 78 showing how this 60 foot barn may be arranged to accommodate 40 cows in stalls to supply sized herd and the necessary young stock with silage for eight months would require a ton allo or one 18 feet in diameter and 68 feet deep with a seven foot feed alley and a 22 foot manger the circle at the stanchions would be 38 feet in diameter or 1191 3 feet in circumference al lowing 44 feet for two passage ways the stalls would be 2 feet wi inches wide at the stanchion and 3 feet 6 inches at the drop toot barn with two threefoot three foot passage ways across it for convenience in feed ing will accommodate 42 cows while abe rectangular barn has stall room or to more cows th round barn contains space in the center for a silo 18 feet in diameter owing to the fact that a ello Is a necessity tor the most economical production of milk a barn Is not com falete for a dairy mans purpose unless it includes a silo with capacity to store sufficient silage for the herd in the case of the round barn the silo Is the most economically built in side but in the rectangular form would cause a waste of space and tor that reason is best erected outside there arrangement of cow stable for tac rows of cow tailed together the barn Is cleaned by driving around behind the cows tore in comparing a round dairy barn with a rectangular dairy barn silo should be included the smaller surface on the outside wall of the round barn requires leek paint and makes a proportional sav ing in keeping the round barn paint ed in after years |