396 



ARID AGRICULTURE. 



OTHER 



BUILDINGS- 

 BARNS 



In the West it is not so necessary to house 

 stock in the winter as it is in the more humid 

 sections. A barn or stable may simply be made 

 convenient for the handling and feeding of 

 stock. A cheap, warm, and efficient barn may 

 be made out of baled straw. The roof should 

 be supported on posts and may be made of tim- 

 bers which will support a quantity of loose straw 

 or of shingles or galvanized iron. New farmers 

 often build their barns by setting posts and 

 stretching wire on both sides, filling in between 

 with loose straw. In many places bailing wire 

 is abundant, and the only cost of such buildings 

 is the work of constructing them. 



POULTRY 

 HOUSE 



The poultry house should be so built that the 

 chickens or turkeys can be inclosed at night to 

 save them from coyotes and other animals. It is 

 important to have the poultry house warm in 

 winter. It may be banked with straw or soil. 

 Usually there is no more profitable thing on the 

 farm than winter-laying hens. 



HOG HOUSE Every farm should have its pig-pen and pig 



shelter. One of the cheapest and best pig shel- 

 ters is a board house, made in the form of a let- 

 ter A. It is constructed with sixteen-foot boards, 

 cut in two, slanted from the ground to the peak, 

 making a house eight feet square on the ground 

 and as high as eight-foot boards slanted in this 



