Show 1 P J l Is' Is IsBARN lf f BARN AND STORE HOUSE HOUS I Plans for Commodious Structure for forthe forthe forthe the Farm 11 M M. M McM McM Kindly publish publish- S 'S floor a a floor fi or I plan clan for a basement barn feet long longhand a d 40 10 fc feet wide to ac accommodate accommodate ommo- ommo date 36 cattle 8 horses horses' and to have I two box stalls for cattle and two for horses besides a root house househ to h hold ld 2500 bushels a silo 12 feet teet square and a a. place for manure How thick should the the walls be and how deep deep sho should ld the foundations be laid 2 How should the barn be laid out ut above and how long should the posts be 3 The barn will be built rn cn clay soil yards from a running stream Could water be drawn from this stream by a wIn windmill mm and what size of pipe should be used The Tho accompanying plan contains five single horse stalls two box stalls for horses 38 cow stalls and two box stalls for cattle The manure shed Is ia at the end of f building with a door at at each side wide enough to drive a wagon through to draw the manure out The root house is under one of the drive ways drive ways and extends along the side 1 ti m aa Q QT T 1 a a r rI ro o I m Ground Floor Plan of Stock Barn A Horse A-Horse Horse stable B Feed B-Feed reed rooms rooms C C- C Cow stalls D Passage D-Passage behind cattle E E- E Gutters G Box G-Box Box stalls H Manure l shed I I- I I Silo J J J K K Ventilators of barn wall wall towards the silo Ello It is 12 by 40 feet and 8 feet high It should be arched over with concrete and have two ventilators in the arch These ventilators are used to fill the house with roots and there should be a window at each end of root house for light There sho should ld also be bey c cold ld air Ir pipe coming in near near the floor for v ventilation ven ventilation ven- ven n. n the ventilators in the arch answer for the pipes A root house the size given will hold about 1500 bushels of roots as one bushel of roots occupies about 2 cubic feet Should the root house not be large enough it can be turned with the end to the basement of barn between the driveway and silo and making it 20 by 30 feet and 10 f feet et high It would then hold about 2400 2401 bushels The silo is placed beside the other driveway and is twelve feet in diameter diameter diameter diame diame- ter and built round Silos used to be built on oil the Inside of barns but of late they are built on the outside in fact for the last six years I t have never built nor seen one built on the Inside of a a barn 2 The barn above should have a amow amow amow mow 18 feet wide wid over the horse stable then 12 feet for tor a driveway then two 20 foot mows and a 12 foot driveway and then an 18 foot mow over the manure shed The posts of the barn should be 18 feet long The stairway will go down inside of the mow the door opening from the edge of the driveway floor The hay and straw may be thrown down through thOrough doors doors in the side of the mows in each driveway 3 You can draw the water from the stream providing you do not have to lift It too much and a 1 Inch ih inch pipe would be large enough 4 If the wall is built of stone It should not be less than 18 inches thick If of concrete one one foot Is thick enough The foundation should be put putdown putdown putdown down at least 20 inches and after the wall Is completed the soil solI should be graded up 8 inches higher This will always keep the ground drier and allows the the- water to run off orr and not settle along the wall wall N. N. N B. B H. H |