Buildings and Yards. 



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for grain rather than for silage, there is rather less than -one pound of 

 maize stover for each pound of shelled corn produced. 



XI. To secure economy of labor 



Much ingenuity may be displayed both in arranging labor-saving 

 devices and in so arranging the various rooms or buildings as to make 

 the least work. 



Fig. 338. — The ihree sides of a triangle properly fastened together form a truss. 



There are two considerations which may materially affect the labor : 

 (l) the compactness of the building or buildings; and (2) the extent 

 to which the working parts of the barn are placed on a single floor. 



If one studies attentively the different types of barns in dift'erent 



Fig. 339. — Barn of late John L. BiicU, Holcomb, N. Y. Length 120 feet; width 50 

 feet; height 50 feet. For method construction of see Figs. 340 and 341. 



countries or different parts of the same country, he must be struck by 

 the similarity of type in the same neighborhood and the difference in 

 type in different neigh1)orhoods. To some extent this may be a matter 



