PURPOSE BARNS 



age. The chief object in building a basement barn is, as a 

 rule, to provide an easy driveway into the second floor; but 

 as hay and grain can be elevated easily or a bridge built 

 leading to the second floor, light and drainage should not 

 be sacrificed for the doubtful advantage of having a base- 

 ment. 



A driveway can be built to the second floor that will not 

 shut out indirect light. In order to do this a concrete or 

 stone wall needs to be built about eight feet from the barn 

 and either a reinforced concrete bridge or a wooden bridge 

 should connect the drive with the barn. The driveway in 

 the barn should be from 12 to 14 feet wide, and the drive 

 approaching the barn about 10 feet in width. It is expen- 

 sive to give up space in the barn for a driveway, for in reality, 

 very little use is made of it. Ordinarily such a driveway 

 is used largely to drive into if caught w 7 ith a load of hay on 

 the wagon during a rain storm. Several tarpaulins large 

 enough to supply this need can be purchased at a less annual 

 expense than that incurred by the driveway. 



Locating the Farm Buildings 



The arrangement of the yards and fields, and the loca- 

 tion of the well, machinery shed and granaries should be 

 considered carefully in locating the barn. It should be at 

 least 200 feet from the house and in such a position that the 

 prevailing winds do not carry the odors from the barn to- 

 wards the house. Under the best sanitary conditions pos- 

 sible there will be some odor from the barn and the amount 

 of time saved in going to and from the barn by having it 

 close to the house will not be due compensation for endur- 

 ing the obnoxious odors. The barn should not be made the 

 most conspicuous farm building. It is secondary to the 

 house and should be so located as not to obstruct views 

 from the house. Usually a location at one side and some- 

 what to the rear of the house will be found the most suitable. 



If it is impossible to have drives leading both to the barn 

 and to the house, the barn should be so located that either 

 the service drive or a branch of it may be made to serve the 

 house. This does not mean that a drive must come within a 

 few feet of the house, as is so many times the case, but it 

 should be convenient. It is undesirable to have the service 

 drive for the barn, over which heavy hauling and delivery 

 of hay and straw is to take place, close to the house. The 



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