376 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE V.^ A. 1915 ' 

 A GOOD COMMERCIAL DAIEY BARN. 



During tine past year a dairy barn was erected at this Station. The following is 

 briefly a description of this complete modern commercial dairy barn, illustrating 

 capacity, strength, lightness of structure, convenience, light, and ventilation. 



This is called a good conunercial dairy ,barn for the reason that many dairymen 

 much prefer having the calves and bulls in the same barn with the cows, and in fact 

 this is the common practice throughout Canada. Although this may not be conducive 

 toward the most e»3onomical manufacture of the very purest milk, yet such a system 

 has many advantages. This barn contains box stalls, feed rooms, calf pens, milk room, 

 and, in fact, is a complete barn which will house all classes and ages of dairy cattle. 



The plans and specifications herewith submitted may be changed to suit the loca- 

 tion, the convenience, or the taste of any farmer; but in essentials, at least, represent 

 the ideal of this type of dairy barn, both as to appearance, convenience, economy, and 

 efficiency. 



A brief outline of the specifications is as follow*:— 



1. Foundation. 



The foundation is of concrete. A concrete footing, 18 inches Avide and 18 inches 

 deep, supports the foundation walls. The concrete foundation w^alls extend 2 feet 

 above the floor level inside the barn, excepting where adjoining the root cellar luider 

 driveway, where the foundation wall extends full height of the cattle stable. This 

 foundation wall is 18 inches in thickness, to which the sill is firmly bolted with cement 

 bolts. A 3-inch tile just below and outside the footing of wall was installed to pre- 

 vent the heaving and cracking of foundation. 



2. Superstructure. 



The superstructure is of wood, hip roofed, pknk frame, and the roof covered with 

 best quality of galvanized metal shingles. The sills are made of two ply 2- by S-inch 

 plank with broken joints, well spiked together. Wall posts and studding are made of 

 2- by 8-inch plank. The purlins and plateo are also made of two ply 2- by 8-inch 

 planks, well spiked with broken joints. The truss is made from 2- by 10-inch and 2- 

 by 6-inch planking. The purlin brace is made of two ply 2- by 10-inch bolted 2 inches 

 apart to receive braces and props and also to receive the ridge brace, which is also 2- 

 by 10-inch. All short braces and cross braces of truss are made from 2- by 6-inch 

 planks. Floor joists are made of 2- by 12-inch planks on 22-inch centres. Girths 

 holding joist are made of five ply of 2- by 12-inch, tliese resting on 6-inch Avood posts 

 along the line of calf pens and bull stalls and on 3|-inch steel columns along the lines 

 of cattle ties. Rafters are of 2- by 6- inch plank. 



The covering of the frame is as follows : The walls are built from the outside with 

 battens, 1-inch planed boards, one ply building paper, 2- by 8-inch studs and posts, 

 one thickness of heavy fibre wall paper called " Linofelt," and seven-eighths inch 

 matched lumber on the inside. This sheathing is only for the stable below. In the storage 

 barn above stable, the studs and posts are exposed. The rafters are covered with inch 

 boarding, one ply of good building paper to preserve the underside of shingles, and 

 best quality metal shingles. The floor of the storage barn above cattle is composed 

 of one-ply inch lumber laid angle-wise to thoroughly tie the barn. In the drive floo ■ 

 this is covered in turn with 2-inch hemlock planking, while over the balance of flooi' 

 tlie covering is inch lumber nailed lengthwise of the barn. Building paper is used 

 between the two ply of lumber in the floor of barn to keep dust from settling through 



Ste. Anne. 



