BARNS FOR WISCONSIN DAIRY FARMS 5 



about 10 feet in width. It is expensive 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 with 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 location 

 of the well, machinery shed and granaries should be con- 

 sidered carefully in locating the barn. It should be at least 

 200 feet from the house and in such a position that the pre- 

 vailing winds do not carry the odors from the barn towards 

 the house. Under the best sanitary conditions possible 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 enduring the ob- 

 noxious odors. The barn should not be made the most con- 

 spicuous 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 somewhat 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 

 drive should be so located that it may be screened off by the 

 proper planting of the lawn surrounding the house. 



RECTANGULAR BARNS MOST COMMON 



There are two general shapes of barns, round and rectangu- 

 lar. The great majority of barns are rectangular. While 

 there are differences of opinion as to the relative merits of 

 the two shapes it is generally considered that the rectangular 

 plank-frame construction is the more standard and satis- 

 factory. 



