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A STUDY OF FAEM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



also be available for the temporary shelter of machinery, live stock, 

 or products. Buildings for special purposes, such as the storage of 

 root crops and ensilage and the manufacture of maple products, are 

 necessities on some of the farms. 



In studying this problem the size and plan of each buildmg was 

 noted, together with the enterprises to which each building was 

 devoted at the time. The extent of floor and cubic space devoted to 

 the various enterprises has thus been approximated. The thick- 

 ness of walls and partitions was not considered. While averages of 

 the 21 farms do not include enough cases to justify the drawing of 

 general conclusions, the data contained in Tables IX and X afford a 

 rough working basis. Table IX includes data concerning enterprises 

 the space for which depends to a considerable extent upon the size 

 of the farm. The term "General farm" includes all space devoted 

 to machinery storage, workshop, driveways, and other spaces devoted 

 to the farm as a whole. "Hay storage" includes the area and vol- 

 ume of mows and lofts, the volume being greater than the space 

 ordinarily filled with hay or other roughage. The proportion of the 

 entire volume of mows which could actually be filled by the ordinary 

 methods could not be satisfactorily determined at the time, and the 

 space usually filled was extremely variable; hence, the total volume 

 was used in this table. "Grain storage" includes separate cribs and 

 granaries, also all bins and storage places for grain and seed in other 

 buildings. 



Table IX. — Average area and volume of space devoted to the storage of products, machin- 

 ery, etc., in buildings on 21 Ohio farms. 



Enterprise. 



General farm. 

 Haj[ storage.. 

 Grain storage 



Average per farm. 



Area. 



SqvAirefeet. 



2,038 



2,752 



505 



Volume. 



Cubic feet. 



24,732 



46,558 



5,192 



Average per acre. 



Area. 



Squarefeet. 



12.3 



16.5 



3.0 



Voliune. 



Cubic feet. 



149.0 



280.6 



31.3 



Average per acre of 

 crops. 



Area. 



Squarefeet. 

 23.7 

 32.1 



5.8 



Volume. 



Cubic feet. 

 288.5 

 543.2 

 60.5 



The average space per acre shown in Table IX would tend to vary 

 inversely with the size of the farm. On the smaller farms the amount 

 of waste space would be greater for each enterprise and the space 

 devoted to certain general farm purposes would remain practically 

 the same as for the larger farms. 



Table X shows averages in connection with the space devoted to 

 live-stock enterprises. In order to obtain comparable units all young 

 stock except colts was reduced to the basis of mature animals. Two 

 head of young cattle, 2 shotes, or 5 pigs were regarded as equivalent 



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