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Show I good gekml I PUKE BUI B Will Accommodate Large Dairy B Herd and Horses. ALL DRUDGERY IS CUT OUT 'H Equipment Makes Care of Stock Easy flB Provisions for Ventilation and BB Sanitation Tend to Increase K Production. H By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. BM Mr William A. Radford will answer Bfl queitlons and give advice Flint: OF flfl COST on all subjects pertaining to the Bfl subject of building- work on the farm, for flfl the readers of this papor. On account of flfl his wide experlonce as Editor, Author and Bfl Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the flB highest authority on all these stibjectr flfl Address all Inquiries to William A. Itad flfl ford, No 1S27 I'ralrle avenuo, Chlcaco, flfl 111 , and only Inclose two-cent stamp for flfl reply. BB On iniiiiy fnrins tho dairy herd Is not C large enough to demnnd n separate Imm; In that cuso a general purpose M barn Is used. In fact on most small farms this Is the must convenient and IJj efficient tjpo of building. It serves to H house not only the dnrly herd hut the J horses as well. In building this hnm, tpJ however, It Is Important to Install the . H right kind of equipment and use the aBJ best materials. Hxtrn expense at the BJ start will save money In the long run. Bj Many farmers make the mistake of ?sH building a cheap structure without jBJ realizing that It will not Inst any BJ length of time, and will he n contln- HJ ual source of trouble and exponsois Bf lone as he has It on his farm. The flj farm ham should he carefully planned BJ od paper before It Is built and all BJ possible angles considered carefully. BJ Then when It Is built It will he n BJ source of pride and real satisfaction to H tbc owner, and a wonderful asset In the rear of each row. As In the ens he main aisle in the conu'ru", 1 Iter alleys are nlso equipped with car carry the manure and litter directly from the stalls to the manure pit. All ; ;; ' "rr dl.:l,te,I by imi" nn If tied with Minltnry stanchions and drinking cups. Those features nrc important im-portant and should not be overlooked bj tho farmer. A steady water sup. ly, such us Is furnished by individual drinking cups helps to Increase the milk supply and nlso eliminates the W.P of,,)rUI"K ' cows to n trouKh. AH along the stall floor are high double hung windows Insuring plenty of daylight to make the stalls as cheer-ful cheer-ful as possible. Fresh nlr Inlets In the cow barn, as In the horse section, provide plenty of fresh nlr at nil times. Foul nlr shnfts draw off the poisonous gases which nre liable to settle near the floor. At one end of the cow barn are two pens for cows mm bulls. Although giving nn Impression Impres-sion of bigness this building Is not un-usually un-usually large, Its dimension-? h.-Ing 01 by .1U feet. The building Is of plnnk frame construction, con-struction, which gives a high, roomy hny mow free from posts and other obstructions. It Is n bam that can be used with advantage by all smnll farmers. m t- AtAUjJ K)OX STALL limn rum miAMc mm mrtimnnsiuh'Kmmim-l EH . p rwm TUT" "--nr; xr y more ways than one. It will mean n J Sftwt saving In labor, relief rrom drudgery, and Increased production from tho animals. BJ When tho barn Khown hero was planned all these things were taken Into consideration. First tho actual construction Wns studied. It wus do-J do-J elded that n frnmo structure on u sub-tmitinl sub-tmitinl concreto foundation would make a very practical nnd attractive exterior. The roof Is gmnbrel shaped, Sand largu ventilators have been In-tailed In-tailed to draw off tho foul air. In-ciaeutnlly In-ciaeutnlly it Is well to mention need c( lightning protection. Ninety-nluo Per cent of tho Arcs on tho farm have tecn caused by lightning nnd tho light-ung light-ung rod 1ms been found nn effective preventive. This building Is built T-shaped, with Jibe horse stalls In the cross wing and the cow stalls In tho long section. 1 These two sections are separated by a wild wall, an nrrangoment required by elth departments In some states. In 'De horso section there are two double H'tn Is, two single stallB nnd two box JM'tolls. lrregj, ntr ntnkes nt regular In-"rral8 In-"rral8 along the wall Just above tho Bf If lnsuro a continuous supply of Rih lnTlKorntlng nlr. The stall par- flfltfc n "ro of tho ,ntest Btcel tyV nnu f Hh nr Is concrete. Just beyond tho ' ",ffe.bnrn 10-foot silo connected Miti bt wing, of the bam by a enr- B ler system. BBln11? ther part ot tn W,DK contain-Hr contain-Hr ,lorao s,u,ls ls divided Into feed BK ms wlere tho teed Is stored nnd JW,!Jntu'd for n of the animals., This mm. I" loaded on to tho feed carrier, BBcem niM on R carrlcr truck '" tll flBtrn if nl8, nil(' carries without any BM ,l,,e o the far comer of tho barn. jBf There Is room for 24 cows In the jBBjktBii 'cc'l,on f the building. These 'L" " nr arranged In two rows fac-m fac-m cacl1 tler, with litter ulloya In M |