12 FARM MECHANICS 



The doorways provide headroom sufficient for the 

 highest machines, and the width when the double 

 doors are opened and the center post removed is nearly 

 twenty feet, which is sufficient for a binder in field 

 condition or a two-horse spring-tooth rake. 



One end of the building looking toward the house is 

 intended for a machine shop to be partitioned off by 

 enclosing the first bent. This gives a room twenty feet 

 wide by twenty-four feet deep for a blacksmith shop 



Figure 3. Perspective View of Farm Implement Shed and Workshop. 



and general repair -work. The next twenty feet is the 

 garage. The machine shop part of the building will be 

 arranged according to the mechanical inclination of 

 the farmer. 



A real farm repair shop is a rather elaborate me- 

 chanical proposition. There is a good brick chimney 

 with a hood to carry off the smoke and gases from the 

 blacksmith fire and the chimney should have a separate 

 flue for a heating stove. Farm repair work is done 

 mostly during the winter months when a fire in the 

 shop is necessary for comfort and efficiency. A per- 

 son cannot work to advantage with cold fingers. Paint 

 requires moderate heat to work to advantage. Paint- 



