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PRACTICAL ROUND BARN FOR SUCCESSFUL FARMERWlua Bu!K ForVtry Expensive.—PliIts Cost—ByThere is bo economy ta building a round barn, that Is. strictly round, writes J. E. Bridgman In Orange Judd Farmer. The barn herewith illustrated baa 26 sides, nearly 12 feet long, making a barn 94 feet In diameter The sills, plates, roof, etc., in a strictly round barn are very sipenslvs and the finished work will not last as well as when built as shown. The floor space of the first floor is Just about the same aa If round and the hay loft la very little smaller. However, the building may, of course, be built round if desirsd. In this case theloft floor and the bay hoisted from the driveways. A circle trolley may be Installed or two straight ones. Several large hay doors are also built in the outside walls above the loft floor. The silo, the floors of the cow stalls. Including the gutters and mangers, also the eight-foot driveway around the alio are of cement and, while It la Intended to install litter and feed carriers it Is also Intended to drive around the entire bam or the feed floor with a cart If desired. The Interior arrangement of first floor may, of course, be changed in several waysFirst Floor Planwalls should be lathed with metal lath, over rough boxing, and plastered wtth two coat* of portland cement. In fact, this finish Is to be preferred In buidllng any shaped barn, as It requires no paldt and practically no repairs.The floor plan of the barn shown Is self-explanatory. It has stalle for 40 milch cows, three bull pens, two hospital stalls, pen for baby beef that will accommodate about 2cars of calves, stalls for seven horses, Including the two box stalls and the feeding room and silo. The silo is 16x34 feet, will hold about 140 tons of silage and requires about ten acres of average corn to fill.The hay loft has 166,000 cubic feet of space and deducting the silo and bins for ground feed will hold 300 tons of loose hay. The ground feed Is stored in hopper-shaped bins above the feed room and drawn down through femall spouts as wanted. The hay is handled with bey forks and to locate the trolleys as near the roof as possible trap doors are left in theand the cows faced In the opposite direction. etc., or stalls and other equipment arranged for different stock.The barn as shown hag about the same floor space as a barn would have 36 feet wide and ISO feet long. The ventilation is always much better In the round barn, the work of caring for and feeding may be accomplished with less labor, there are never any drafts on Ibe stoc4(, the building may be built for less money and is much stronger. As shown, the barn has a stone foundation, the roof la covered with asbestos roofing felt and the walls covered with str-lncb drop siding. Everything Is of the best and all exposed woodwork patuted two coats. This building contracted at this point would cost about 91.700 completed, without the cow stanchions. These are not figured for the reason that every cow man hus his own Ideas of the cow stall and stauchlon he wishes to use . Where home labor Is used and the lumber can be secured for less than |30 per thousand the barn may, of course, be erected for less.ofBarn./4'M/1/*XW4 9WAiV* W*K
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The Searchlight
Culbertson, Montana, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1909
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