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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



given for a barn recently constructed at the station for the " purposes of sheltering a 

 herd of dairy cows and furnishing storage room for hay, grain, straw, and fodder." 

 It consists of an octagonal storage barn 60 ft. in diameter and 21 ft. in height to the 

 plates, with a circular silo 14 ft. in diameter and 34 ft. high in the center; and wing on 

 the south side 100 ft. long east and west and 37 ft. wide, designed for a cow barn. 

 The capacity of the silo is 80-100 tons and the storage space of the octagon around 

 it will accommodate 100 tons of hay. A steel track for a horse fork used in handling 

 the hay is carried aroimd under the roof of the octagon. 



The cow barn "is provided with rows of swinging stanchions and box stalls and 

 will readily accommodate 40 head of cattle. Sectional plank flooring is provided for 



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Fig. 3.— Rhode Island .Station dairy barn — floor plan. 



the cows to stand upon. The floor is concreted. Deep gutters behind the cattle 

 connect with an adequate sewer system, Avhich takes all of the drainage and roof 

 water and carries it, together with any seepage from the gutters, to a cistern situ- 

 ated about 500 ft. down the slope to the west of the building. This structure has a 

 monitor roof, except in the middle where the granary is located in a second-story 

 room. Here, over the south entrance and passageway through the cattle barn to the 

 octagon, is provided ample room, furnished with bins, for storing grain in large 

 quantities. A stairway leads from near the octagon door to the granary above. 

 . . . Large windows on the south side of the cow barn admit abundance of light. 

 The sides of the monitor roof are mainly windows which, when necessary, are 



