Show M edlum barn that meets all require of the modern badry MN d V 0 7 ira t 11 ELEV OF CALV ateon HUTE WELVIN VEN BIN K it 1 josl 12 U 0 1 SicK r q FEED binin ata L 15 I 1 aid AlO 1 xa 6 aa tc a 6 M barn z 2 X SJ V Z xa x 6 2 X 2 x 4 LOOKOUTS mac 9 Z 2 xa pta FLA 2 10 UD fat 24 0 OC C arv NA ILI nd GIRT IS JOIST boc c rw AX 3 0 ftuer A 11 10 0 Z T ti 1 A CE I 1 k 4 CAR 1 R f 4 I 1 W 7 T nier ACK tawn 1 ti cow cr steel ra LITTER C LITTER 5 L u FEED tu 0 alar Y xa ALLEY T a Z Z a 13 C 1 7 F LOOP ra 7 5 A N I 1 X C SECTION OF 01 moice COW N M Z 1 V LL 1 L 5 it GWA ala d t MU TOOL fmc art al me nar N ar 9 1 M A M arp ml ic I 1 9 ye L nf J EY utter cow Q milid ALLEY itally m 0 e 51 to floor PLAN d of OT lo 10 IZ BL K cow t I 1 LL EDIr I 1 1 D tway T acom rac DARN cow atal above by IN A RADFORD mr air william A radford 1 will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm fann for the readers of this piper paper on account of his wide experience as aa edl editor tor author and manufacturer he Is without doubt the highest authority on tho th subject address all inquiries to william wilham A radford no 07 south dearborn street Ch chicago frago ill and only two cent stamp for reply the barn here illustrated Is designed the medium sized herd it accommodation for twenty to four in r aws cows with a bull pen and calf pen at one end the dimensions of this building are 31 feet by 84 feet part of this barn Is set aside for tb the euse use of the farm horses and in this part we have hary three single stalls one box tall stall feed room and harness room 1 one ot the features Is the placing of the feed room and the silo this arrangement it will be noticed centers the supply of feed and facilitates the establishing of a feeding plan illan which will eliminate all wasted energy the arrangement places the cows facing in the preference relative to this point Is divided among different farmers some preferring the arrangement which faces facea the cows out and others favoring that used in abl this design the gutters flanking the litter alley sire are sloped and a drain Is placed at the tha inner finer end of each gutter where running water under normal pressure la Is available it la Is the work of but a tew few minutes to thoroughly clean out the stable the outstanding feature of this barn Is the root roof construction the modern dairy barn should be built like ar a factory because it is a factory housing very and delicate machinery for product production lo of milk namely the highbred high bred dairy cow it should be given the thought and intelligent planning for clent operation that Is necessary for any an successful factory As a matter of fact nowadays a farmer much choice in ill the matter A large dairy dalry la ts hardly possible anymore the farmer who wants to keep heavily producing cows simply must have an effi efficient clent dairy barn labor saving Is the keynote of modern barn design and equipment many of its features are planned to keep the cows up to correct pitch so 60 to speak such are ventilation drinking cups cork floors I 1 hore here Is a barn that meets nil all the requirements of the modern dairy an fn factory of large proportions it Is ii plan planned I 1 ned with a view to maximum production by the cows |