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three classes of stock total 2,172 square feet, these requirements also 

 bemg calculated on outside measurement. A section 16 by 36 feet 

 at one end will provide 576 sc^uare feet for horses, and an additional 

 space 4 by 9 feet would utilize the average space allotted for harness. 

 The 16 feet would be reduced by the tliickness of the wall, but 

 would leave ample room for manger, stall, and alley behind the horses. 

 The 7 horses could easily be accommodated in the width remaining 

 after the thickness of one wall is deducted from 36 feet. As a rule, 

 in barns of this kind the basement wall is provided only on the two 

 ends and the long side next the bank. 



A section 30 by 36 feet would provide 1,080 square feet for cattle 

 where 1,084 are required. This would afford ample space for the 

 average of nearly 8 cows per farm, for the young and miscellaneous 

 stock, and for a milk room if desired. While there is thus abundant 

 space provided for this number of cows and young stock, it must 

 not be understood that such an arrangement is in any way ideal 

 from the standpoint of a modern dairy barn, as it would be difficult 

 to secure sufficient light and other sanitary arrangements. Experts 

 in sanitation also would object to having the milk room in the cow 

 stable. If it were a beef farm there would be less objection and the 

 space provided would afford room for the miscellaneous stock on a 

 beef farm and feeding room for a small carload of steers. The sheep 

 would preferably be lodged in the center space, in which the harness 

 room and a stairway could be located. Deducting the area of the 

 harness room from the remaining space, 14 by 36 feet, 468 square 

 feet are left for sheep, the average requirement for sheep being 475 

 square feet. A height of 8§ feet would supply 18,720 cubic feet 

 in the basement, where 18,593 cubic feet is the average require- 

 ment. In this plan both horses and cattle are provided with more 

 and sheep with less cubic space than is called for by the average. A 

 basement somewhat similar to the one just described was found on 

 farm 3. 



The upper part of this barn is adapted from that of a barn 40 by 

 60 feet on farm 14. A central driveway 14 feet wide extends through 

 the center of the barn, maldng a floor space 14 by 36 feet available 

 for general farm purposes. To the left of the driveway is a stairway 

 to the basement, the remainder of this end of the barn being devoted to 

 hay storage. On the right of the driveway a grain room 10 by 23 feet 

 and a space 26 by 23 feet for storage of wagons and macliinery occupy 

 the floor space. A mow floor extends over these spaces at a height 

 of 8 feet, and over the driveway at a height of 12 feet. The barn is 

 18 feet from the top of the basement wall to the corners, or to the 

 "square,'' and a roof of one- third pitch gives an additional height 

 of 12 feet to the point of the gable. This provides 2,160 feet of 



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