Show modern farm machinery house and repair shop good investment iu Z ELEVATION MODERN Or RIND TON IF rae PAC CMOR ANVIL its CH 9 41 r V D r alk I 1 15 er J 03 RF pair im doob IMPLEMENT evl r etora F 1 1 is a 1 id 6 a a 8 i J ii d ff A I 1 I 1 H B MET APP FLOOR PLAN OF MODERN MACMIN enY by W A RADFORD mr air william A radford will answer questions and give elva advice FREE OF COST on conall all problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm for the readers of this paper on account of 0 his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is without doubt the highest authora authority y on the subject address all inquiries to W william wililam I 1 iliam A radford no south dear torn horn street chicago ill III and anlyan only two cent stamp tor for reply it often has been said that more farm machinery rusts out than wears out in tills this day of power farming it Is economy for every farmer to have a good weather tight house tor for his machinery and the equipment that goes with it and also a room who whore re the more simple repairs cau can be made shown in the illustration Is an excellent design for a modern machinery shed and repair shop this building is of good construction but Is not expensive it Is a simple two gabled one story farm building stands on a concrete foundation and should have a concrete floor however many farmers do not go to the expense of laying concrete in the storage space but a concrete floor is pretty much a necessity in the repair shop the continuous sliding doors nt at the front of the building permit th estorage of the larger of the modern farm machines without trouble at the same time these doors close tightly which keeps beeps out weather and the birds which are a nuisance around machinery the building Is CO 00 feet long and 22 foet feet wide in connection with the floor plans are elevations and cross sections together with a number of details which will enable farmers themselves or a local contractor to erect this building the cross section gives ives dimensions of the materials used the thickness of the floor and the depth of the foot footings lugs to get below the frost line the average investment in machinery ou oli the modern farm runs into the thou thousands sandA of dollars it will readily W be seen that if the depreciation on this cau can be cut in half the saving 11 A will vill soon pay tor for a building such as a tills then there Is the added advantage of always having the machin details OF 1 Y 1 0 e 3 C K JP I 1 M OR truest draft 30 rusa above boop 2 1 cosa cry in condition for the work it Is 13 supposed to do the time factor la Is becoming more and more recognized on farms when the machinery Is in tiptop tip top condition ready for work advantage can cah be taken fit at various seasons of favorable weather whereat whereas tile the delay of a day ar or so might make a tremendous difference in the farm Iri income coine |