FARM BULLETIN No. 7. JANUARY, 1917 



Dairy and General Purpose 



Barns 



By F. M. White 



A well constructed, well lighted and well ventilated 

 barn is a necessity on any well equipped farm. Fresh air is 

 essential to health. Sunlight is one of the most powerful 

 disease-destroying agencies known. A building affording 

 these properties and at the same time giving ample shelter 

 from the winter cold and summer heat is the object sought 

 in the construction of barns in northern and southern as well 

 as eastern and western states. 



Conditions vary so in the various sections of the United 

 States and upon the different types of farms that no one plan 

 \vill meet the demand of every one. In the southern sec- 

 tions of the United States it will not be necessary to con- 

 struct barns as warm as in the northern latitudes. Then, 

 too, one man may care to consider mainly ways of reducing 

 the need of labor ; another may plan his barn so as to aid him 

 in the display of his stock while another may be willing to 

 spend more for architectural style and conveniences. 



Barn building, however, so far as design of framing and 

 interior arrangement are concerned, is rapidly becoming 

 standardized. The general requirements of barns are very 

 similar, and the six designs described at the end of this 

 bulletin and which may be secured from the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers Association, are planned to meet as 

 nearly as possible the needs of the practical farmer. 



NOTE: This bulletin has been revised from a recent publication issued by 

 the College of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin. We are also 

 indebted to this institution for the loan of the cuts used in this publication. 



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