FARM BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. 



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Round and Rectangular Bams €k>in- 

 pared. 



In comparing the 60 foot round 

 bam wit-h a rectangular bam of tbe 

 same area, the two bams should af- 

 ford the cows the same amount of 

 space on the platform. Allowing 

 each cow in the 60 foot round bam 

 3 feet 6 inches in width at the rear 

 of the platforaa, it will accommodate 

 40 cows and leave space for two pas- 

 sage ways. But in a rectangular 

 barn, only 3 feet 4 inches of platform 

 space need be allowed for each cow, 

 and the 78^ foot bam, with two 3- 

 foot passage ways across it for con- 

 venience in feeding, will accommo- 

 date 42 cows. While the rectangular 

 barn has stall room for two more 

 cows, the round bam contains space 

 in the center for a silo 18 feet in 

 diameter. 



The floor space and cubical content 

 of the round bam 60 feet in diameter, 

 and the rectangular bam compared 

 with it in these tables, are practi- 

 cally the same, and the barns are 

 therefore directly comparable. This 

 being true, the percentages which 



were figured from the complete bills 

 of material for these bams show the 

 exact saving in lumber on the 60 foot 

 round barn over the plank and mor- 

 this frame, rectangular bams 36 x 

 781^ feet. The lumber bills of the 

 rectangular bams show an increase 

 in cost of 28 per cent, for the plank 

 frame and 54 per cent, for the mor- 

 tise frame, rectangular barns 36 x 

 in diameter, contains 188%, and the 

 rectangular bam 22 5 lineal feet of 

 wall. The rectangular barn has, 

 therefore, 22 per cent, more lineal 

 feet of outside barn wall, requiring 

 a proportional inci:ease in both paint 

 and foundation. 



The 176% foot rectangular bam 

 would hold 10 cows, allowing each 

 cow 3 feet 4 inches in width and pro- 

 viding for 3 passage ways of 3 feet 

 each across the bam. 



The 90 foot round bam would hold 

 100 cows in two rows headed to- 

 gether, 6 5 of which would be in the 

 outer circle, and have 3 feet 6 inches 

 each in width at the gutter. This 

 leaves suflBcient room for feed alleys 

 and walks, and two passage ways, one 

 3 feet and the other 7 feet wide for 



ftOOR UME-* . 



End elevation of barn. (See page 226.) 



