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Show COW STABLES TO SUIT DAIRYMAN Dairy barns designed to meet the needs of the animal mid nuike for convenience con-venience in labor are the trend of present-day construction. These features together with the practice of avoiding avoid-ing waste of lumber are the result of modern, standard specifications. Waste In cutting Is avoided, advises ad-vises D. B. Lucas, instructor in rural engineering at the New Jersey College of Agriculture in New Brunswick, by using standard lengths of lumber from the foundation to the roof. For gam ! brel roofs both the Shawver truss and j the bntcer rafter are popular, and for curved roofs the Gothic arch. These types of light framing may be used up ; to 40-foot widths and will allow n spacious hay loft unobstructed by : heavy timbers such as were formerly j used at close Intervals. I The Shawver truss projects somewhat some-what Inward at Intervals of eight to twelve feet, but Is entirely clear between be-tween braces. The braced rafter type, which requires approximately the same amount of lumber, projects slightly down at every rafter, thus making very little choice between the two. The Gothic arch leaves an entirely en-tirely open loft and has a beautiful outside appearance. Effort has been made by engineers to establish either the bent or cut rafter, raft-er, the former being cheaper while the latter' has a tendency to distort. With their econqniy . and convenience these roofs of light plank framing will make a big appeal to farmers. The rural engineering department at the college of agriculture has prepared pre-pared standard plans for barn framings fram-ings of the types discussed and these may be had free ou request. |