256 Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



This is a strong and durable shed and was built at a relatively low 

 cost, yet on the average farm it might be built at an even less cost. From 

 the above discussion, considering the cost of a shed and the saving in hay 

 and labor which may result from shedding alfalfa, every farmer who has 

 a fifteen-acre field of alfalfa should build a shed. (See "Sheds," in index.) 



COMBINATION HAY AND FEEDING SHEDS. 



By J. D. JOSEPH, Whitewater, Butler county. 



I use the combination hay and feeding sheds. Fig 208 shows one of 

 my old hay barns. Though it has stood eighteen years it is still in fair 

 repair. It was built out of ordinary hard pine, roof and all, and the 

 cattle shed at the side is supported with hedge posts. It is 20 by 120 

 feet, 12 feet to the eaves, with a shed extension on one side only. 



FIG. 208. A combination, hay and feeding shed. 



The frame of this barn consists of three rows of uprights of 4 by 4 

 stuff, set 8 feet apart one row on each side and one row through the 

 middle and is braced every 24 feet, midway between the doors. The 

 rafters are 2 by 6's, extending from each upright. The 2 by 4 stringers 

 are set on top of the rafters, and are anchored to the rafters by a 2 by 

 4 by 8 in. block nailed to both. The frames of all my barns are nailed 

 and bolted together nothing toenailed. 



The shed extension is 7 feet wide and about 5 feet 2 inches high at 

 the eaves. I built it narrow so it would keep dry and at the same time 

 not cause the cattle to bunch up, and I built it low down so as to furnish 

 better protection from the winds. The principal purpose of the shed is 

 to shelter the stock from snows and cold rains. I doubt the advisability 

 of making sheds tight and warm. Stock, it appears to me, keep healthier 

 when practically in the open only shelter from cold winds, rain and snow. 

 Such sheds as this keep much drier than wide ones, especially when the 

 wide sheds are closed on all sides. 



The manger 'of this barn is built on the shed side and consists of a 2 

 by 10 above, a 2 by 8 below, and a space of about 18 inches between. I 

 usually place the lower board so that its upper edge will be about 22 to 

 30 inches above the ground. 



