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Show f -. . BARN PLAN. Bound Type of Building Has Advnn- tages Over Other Form. ' , The day in past when wo can nr-'ord nr-'ord to ho without ample ham room i , for all live stock. The present prices ''.J, of feed prohibit tho old wlro fenco ' ihelter, and tho prices of lumber will ' '. never be less, and now thoy prohibit tho old stylo of haphazard building, nnvlng a hulldlijK for each kind of , ' , jtock and then most of tho feed .out-; .out-; 1 side nnd tho water from two to 20 J ' rods from tho barns. This Is an era ; nf concentration, and nothing can fa- cllltato tho Intensive style of farming t . ' and concentrate n mnn's energies to his Ilfo work on a farm like a com- I ;' modloiiH, comfortnblo barn. Personally, l says a writer In Wallace's Fanner, I would not build a barn without a I hIIo, nor would I ndvls'o nny ono elso ; to do so, us the barn and Its proper use . Is tho mainstay of our calling, as soon- ,'t er or later we must all come to tho I ' keeping of live stock to consume tho greater share of our crops nnd then carefully save and apply tho mauuro I-' Hindu. Nothing produces as much . feed per acre as corn, and nothing naves corn so economically as tho silo. Neither would I build a barn of sulta-; sulta-; bio slzo for a farm of SO acres or more f nny other shnpo than round, and hnvo tho silo In the center; but to avoid . ' ' criticism on account of tho silo, I will Plan of Barn. I ' -say If a silo l's not wanted tho center tir npaco can bo UBed either for grannry f' jp or box stalls. Tho round typo of barn has these ; advantages: First, the saino nmount of outsldo surfaco used In square or rectangular barns will Incloso n greater surfaco In circular form. Second, Sec-ond, tho circular form tins tho decided ndvantngo of strength over tho lint side. Third, the gablo ends nro total S -losses and are avoided In tho circular W- .. bam. Fourth, tho roof of n circular bam Is self-supporting nnd does not sag, nnd Is far less llnblo to damago from heavy storms. Fifth, tho spaco inclosed Is more convenient to use, requiring less tlmo and work to caro , for the same stock than In nny othor typo of ham. Hero Is a plan of tho ground lloor of a barn 68 feet In diameter, having tho saino outsldo surfaco that n barn 30xC0 feot would have. It pro-. pro-. vjdes room for 12 horses nnd 23 cows In stanchions, hnvlng three feet for each cow. This"' loaves eight feet behind tho cows so a team nnd wagon can ho used to clean tho barn, or, If dairying is not followed, fol-lowed, thoro will bo 1,150 square, feet floor spaco, which will accommodate accommo-date u0 to CO head of young stock, owing to size. Everything can bo fed and watered from tho ono nlley. I defy anyono to comfortably house such u number of stock and as convenient con-venient to feed in any other than tho round type of barn, and in addition thoro Is a spaco of 18 feet In diameter in tho center to storo feed In. Having Hav-ing hult n round burn that -has proven fatlsfactory In every respect, 1 can not speak In too high tonus of It, nnd while I would not build a round burn If building a small one, bollovo that when we get to a slzo suitable for 80 acres or more there Is only ono proper stylo round. If sand, gravel or crushed stone Is convenient 1 would iibo content , to build tho lower story of ' 4k barn, and if possible build so as to hnvo a natural elevation on ono4Bldo bo as to bo able to drive In the sec-flkS sec-flkS "(' Htor' w'tUHUt' t0 l,1,,L'n ' a |
