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eacli year the cows occupy it almost 

 continually, and that during this time 

 a large amount of the labor of the 

 farm is done inside the barn, it is 

 evident that the question of its con- 

 venience is a vital one. The amount 

 of time and strength wasted in use- 

 less labor in poorly arranged build- 

 ings is appalling. People do not stop 

 to consider the saving in a year or 

 a lifetime by having the barn so con- 

 veniently arranged that there is a 

 saving of only a few seconds on each 

 task that has to be done two or three 

 times every day. 



The round barn has a special ad- 

 vantage, in the work of distributing 

 silage to the cows. The feeding com- 

 mences at the chute where it is 



point, thus in no case does the hay 

 have to be moved but a few feet, 

 which means a saving of much labor 

 in the mowing. 



To successfully embody all of the 

 above discussed advantages in a dairy 

 barn, is one of the large problems 

 of milk production. In a careful 

 study of the barn question it soon 

 became apparent that it was impos- 

 sible to embody all of the require- 

 ments advantageously in anything 

 but a circular form of building, and 

 the 60 foot round barn, which is here 

 described, was built. 



Circular Construction the Strongest. 



The circular construction is the 

 strongest, because it takes advantage 



How to Run Litter Carrier Through Doorway. 



thifown down, and is continued 

 around the circle, ending with the 

 silage cart at the chute again, ready 

 for the next feeding. The same 

 thing is true in feeding hay and 

 grkin. 



Still another advantage is the large 

 unobstructed hay mow. With the 

 self-supporting roof, there are no ■ 

 timbers whatever obstructirig the 

 mow, which meians no dragging of 

 hay around posts or over girders. 

 The hay carrier runs on a circular 

 track around the mow, midway be- 

 tween the silo and the outside wall, 

 and drops the hay at any desired 



of the lineal, instead of the breaking 

 strength of the lumber. Each row of 

 boards running around the barn 

 forms a hoop that holds the barn to- 

 gether. A barrel, properly hooped 

 and headed, is almost indestructible, 

 and much stronger than a box, altho 

 the hoops are small. This strength 

 is because the stress comes on the 

 hoop^ in a lineal direction. Any 

 piece' of timber, is many times strong- 

 er on a lineal pull than on a breaking 

 stress. Take for example a No. 1 yel- 

 low pine, 2 X 6, 1,6 feet long, with an 

 actual cross sectibn of 1% x 5% 

 inches.' If placed on edge and sup- 



