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Popular Science Monthly 



A Combined Farm Implement Shed 

 and Machine- Shop 



THK acconipaiuing drawings show a 

 plan for a f.irin iniplemcnt store- 

 room and machine repair-shop. The 

 construction is very simple, ijcing a 

 rectangular building with an ordinary 

 plain gable roof of one-third pitch, ail 

 being set on a concrete foundation. The 

 size of the entire buikling is 72 ft. long 

 by 24 ft. wide, with a 9-ft. studding. 

 This size is sufficient to house an 

 automobile, a tractor and much of the 

 farm machinery, leaving a space 24 ft. 



Such a building can be made attrac- 

 tive and substantial if properly located. 

 The cost is not prohibitive. The ma- 

 terials required fur the concrete work 

 are 32 barrels of cement, 15 yards of 

 sand and 24 yards of gravel. The frame- 

 work will require 2,800 ft. of 2-in. 

 dimension lumber, 2,300 ft. of siding, 

 2,400 feet of lumber and 21,000 cedar 

 shingles. 



If the ])lot is not level excavate the 

 ground the size of the building and 

 thoroughly tamp it down, or place in 

 cinders and tamp them well before 



square at one 

 end for the ma- 

 chine-shop. 



The shop enfl 

 of the i)uilding is essential; for the in- 

 tricate machinery of the farm e(|uipment 

 to-day rcfiuires belter facilities for nund- 

 ing and kcepim.' i" order than just a 

 forge and an anvil. 



The shop part is large enough to 

 accommodate a gasoline engine, about 



horsepower, f r dri ing a line-shaft, 

 where power may be used to drive a 

 <lrill |)ress, lathe or emery wheel, or 

 to house a farm ligliling-|)lanl. If a 

 good partition is jirovidi-d this pari of 

 the building can be heated with a small 

 stove al pr.ictically no cost. 



A combination implement shed and farm 

 machine-shop Tor housing tools and the like 



beginning to put in the concrete mixture. 

 l''()rms of rough boards may be held in 

 place with stakes on the outside line o( 

 the building ;ind the concrete put in the 

 same as foi' building a sidewalk, making 

 the surface of a neater mixture and 

 trowi'ling it down smooth. The building 

 is raised on this in the usual manner. 



The approach to the doorways is also 

 made of concrete and should be a part 

 of the floor. The forms can be built up 

 at the ends sloping so that the surf.ice 

 can be struck off with ,1 str.iightedge. 

 This is the most econoniii-al method. 



