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BULLETIN No. 143 



[February, 



BARN No. 5 



Built in 1906. 



Diameter, 100 feet.' 



Capacity, 115 cows. 



Cost, $3400. 



Studding, 1 6-foot 2x6s, placed 3 feet on centers. 



Supports, 3 rows 4x45. 



Joists, 2x1 os, placed 3 feet, on centers. Hemlock and yellow 

 pine. 



Floor, laid in eight directions. 



Rafters, 2x6s spiked to studs. A band of two ix6s is placed 

 around the studs just below the rafters, and helps support the 

 rafters. 



Supports for roof. There are three purline plates. Two of 

 these are supported by posts, the other by braces running out from 

 the silo. The roof is straight from eaves to peak. The bracing 

 is similar to that of barn Xo. 4. 



Silo, 1 8 feet in diameter, 56 feet deep, 2 feet in ground. Ca- 

 pacity, 350 tons. 



FIG. 34. BAKN 92 FEET IN DIAMETER; Two ROWS OF cows HEADED 

 TOGETHER; Snx> IN CENTER. 



