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Show CAREFULLY PLAN FARM BUILDINGS Ramshackle Structures Don't Encourage Scientific Agriculture. HOW TO PLACE YOUR GROUPS Protect Implements and Stock, Save Extra Labor, Lower Fire Danger, These Are Problems That Must Be Considered. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr win nun a. k.i. n, no win answer qui'Htloni and Rive advice KKKK OF" COST on all subject pertaining to the j Subject of building work on the Farm, for ; the readers of this paper. On account of hlii wide experience aa Kdltor. Author end ' Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on ell theae subjects. Addrena all Inquiries to William A. Radford. Rad-ford. No. 1R27 I'ralrle avenue, Chicago, III., and only Inclose two-cent atump for i reply. I'erlmps there Is not enough attention atten-tion paid to the arriiiiuini.nt of furm building! with respect to one another, j The subject of Interior arriiiigeinent i of burns has been given a great deal of con-ddcriition dining recent years, I und some very grutlfylng results have I been ohtulired. The devHnprni'iit of bnrn planning hns gBJM hand In hnnd with the rapid (level. .pinciit of farm building equipment. The ulm of the I entire movement bus been to provide Increased facilities for handling the I work and lit the same time Improve the conditions under which live stock are housed. Of course, the result must in pvery ease take Into uecount the profit I nin de hy the fnrmer. While developments are still to be i expected in ham plunnlng. there Is also the urgent peed of careful planning plan-ning of the farm Itself. Time suved In the buildings should not be wasted between buildings. The answer Is not, however, to crowd the buildings as closely together ns posslhle. There are i tts f i 1 1 i i 1 1 1. r hub Pir Double Stock Barn With Stock Shelter Shed. . ''"ANyltJ .rMNIItt aiiir.v --f ' 'r:r '"' T N If -II r7i7TR; (fZZZZ ' ' vl i Z i ! re'Nt 1 1 -MEN 3MCLTCE Jiff)- I Ja ft --1 iflr ill i PT;W Ground Plan and Yard Layout. leveiul Influences which effect the placing of the different building! with respect to one another. These Intlu-iii'i"! Intlu-iii'i"! primarily determine the relative position of the buildings and secondarily second-arily determine: the distance which tlirj should be apart as well as their distance limn the house. In the Bret plnee. the position of the group of the buildings as a whole is dependent de-pendent upon the location of highways. the topography of tne land and method of farming the land. The buildings. should lie as handy to the blghwaj as posslhle, since the entrance lane shosjld he paved with some imiteliul which win prevent its bacomlng Impattablsj in ease of heavy ruins. The longer this lane Is, of ionise the more It will cost to pare it. The buildings ihould, bowerer, be fur enough from the highway so that dust win not be annoying. The topog raphy of ill.' lend has its Influence be causa of th! fad that it win effect the ease with which building! rimy be erected, especially us rcgnrds their foundations; it may enu i i poor ar-rangeroenl ar-rangeroenl of building! because dif-flcultle! dif-flcultle! existing st position! where buildings really belong especially dun to drainage and it may necessltnta h.'in hauls in getting the produce Into the ttorsgs strueturs from the fields. The method of farming the land refers to the relation in position of the tilled pari of the form to the central rang of buildings. The position Ol the group should le such thai the haul from all of the producing li Id will sum up to a minimum, taking into uc-eount uc-eount ths difficulty of the hi ul ns well us the distance, A further Influencs In this connection is the direction of prs vailing inds. Th.' house nnd I u-roundlng u-roundlng building! should he so in-eated in-eated thai under ordinary conditions the wind will carry dlsagreeahls (i.l.irs. SUCh as IboOS ylv.n oft bj e.T- lain of iii' fertlllaers, swnj from their position. Conditions effecting the position po-sition of ths group will doubtless boo Bid In many mast, ami the tanner mUSl then determine wlil.li of the eon- filgtlng conditions should be gtvea the piefir.liee, lluvlnj; located the groiii ut a poaf- Hon which i."t meats th! oondtUoaa nientlori.il the n.'xt eon 6 ration ll the arrangement of buildings within Hie ifroup. As n gsri I rule, the farmer likes t" have id4 building so srranged that 11 le possible to sea ell of them frmn the house. This erransje mi'iit niidoiihiediy has it-- advantages, especially back ami forth between the boose and 1 he BtabteOi It N an advantage advan-tage to locate these buildings as near the house as possible without settlnir up difficulties due to the transmission of disagreeable odors or difficulties in Boring machines and vehicles through tin1 farmyard. When the stables are fairly close to the house it Is posslhle to quickly henr liny disturbance among the stock. DruittSgS nffeets the arrnnu'ement of building! since In order to ohinln satls-fadOVy satls-fadOVy ilriilmiKe each building must he phiied where the will conditions Mini lay of the hind rile hesl stilted for the purpose. The passnije of sunlight must not he ohstrueted. Sunlight Is the best disease preventer the fanner can obtain rind his hulldlnirs must he I arranged ami placed to take advantage of It. Another Influence is the eimdl- tion on which Insurance rates grs e- tnhllslied. Of course, the same condl-ti.'iis condl-ti.'iis which reduce Insurance rates increase in-crease the safety of the farmer. The buildings which are entered most frequently should he closer to the house than those which nre not so frequently fre-quently entered. For Instance, the Implement Im-plement shed need not be us close to the house as (he dairy, provided It Is located in the direction which will be taken In drawing the Implements to the Hold. The granary should he handy to the staMss and provided with a paved driveway connected with the highway either directly or hy way of the house. Perhaps the greutest amount of labor In the farm group centers cen-ters around the gOOera barn and. therefore, there-fore, the smaller hillbillies should he placed after this more Important structure struc-ture bus been given consideration. Some farmers use n combination of burns to house their live slock. The object ob-ject Is probably to definitely separate Hie horses from the cows more than anything else. The Illustrations show a perspective view and plan of a two-barn two-barn combination. The barns are Intended In-tended to he built on the north and south line. With the open side of the Shelter shed OO the south. The shelter Bhed Is Inclosed on three sides and the tWO silos close up lite front Opening about .'!.". or II) feet. Altogether, the two barns, sheds and Inclosed hanijnnl occupy oc-cupy a space ."( by Kill feet. one burn is arranged for horses and 1 he oilier barn Is for COWS, the patio in the center being used as an exercising space for both. It Is a fact that In use, the cows OCCUpy this cenler space a good deal of the time. In fact, dairy in. 11 bar! discovered thai cows may he cared for Jusi as vo In a shelter r'hed and thai they are belter oIT because be-cause of the freedom, exercise and fresh air. hen beef cattle are kepi Instead of dairy cows, ihe plan worl.s out Just at well. The cows are stood In the stable lit night mid I'M until after milking lime In the morning, while beef cuttle are stood lu the stable Just long enough to eat their allege and graina All roughage would be fsd from ths racks In the shelter sh. d. ltnili sil.o ami all the feed alleys are connected bj means of an overhead truck, und a feed carrier runs every where, so thai any kind of fodder or grain from the Silos or feed rooms may be taken directly to any stall or any feed lark ill the Shelter shed. one Important feature is the water trough In the center of the open shelter shel-ter shed, accessible to cither horses or cattle. Because there is more or h"-s dampness around the water trough, drainage must be provided to carry uwuy tlM surplus. |