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Combination Barns. Combination barns for cows and horses are 

 used in some places. They are usually the property of men who own little 

 stock or of gentlemen farmers who keep cows for their own convenience 

 and that of their neighbors. They have the advantage of enabling the 

 saving of labor but they are difficult to clean, are likely to be infested with 

 flies because of the horse dung that accumulates and often derive pungent 

 odors from the horses and their droppings that taint the milk. Generally 

 boards of health forbid the production of milk for sale, in such barns unless 

 a solid wall often brick or concrete is demanded separates the two 

 classes of stock. 



FIG. 20. Basement stable and milk 

 house, Washington, D. C. 



FIG. 21. A New Jersey loft barn. 



FIG. 22. Shed barn of the U. S. Naval 

 Academy. 



FIG. 23. A shed barn and a loft barn of 

 the Fairneld Dairy Co., Caldwell, N. J. 



FIG. 24. Double stabling barn of the FIG. 25. Round barns of the University 

 Maryland Agricultural Experiment of Illinois. 



Station. 



Round Barns. Round barns are strong and cheaper to build than 

 rectangular plank frame barns. The silo helps to support the roof and 

 is protected by the barn; being centrally located, it is easy to feed 

 from, and the silo chute assists in ventilating the barn. It is easy to 



