The Handiest Barn Ever Built 



Hay, grain and water are all stored in the center 



CATTLE STALLS 



The bam consists 

 of two cylindrical 

 cement walls, one 

 within the other 



Ar5ARN, built 

 like a fort, 

 with the feed- 

 ing-hoppers and 

 watering -troughs 

 grouped together 

 around the center of 

 the building, has lieen 

 patented by Peter 

 O. Swedberg, of 



Marshalltown, Iowa. The barn is con- 

 structed of cement blocks. It consists 

 in the main of two cylindrical walls, one 

 within the other. 



Within the inner or central barn cham- 

 ber are kept the troughs and feed-hoppers, 

 together with chutes leading to them 

 from chambers in the upper part of the 

 barn. 



No time is wasted in traveling from 

 one end of the barn to the other to feed 

 the cattle: for hay, grain and water are 

 all at hand in the central portion of the 

 barn. Here also arc located the troughs 

 and hoppers in front of the stanchions 

 radiating from the central chamber. 



GRAIN 

 DEUVERY SPOUT 



The building 

 measures forty feet 

 in diameter with a 

 sixteen-foot feed- 

 room in the center. 

 The outside wall is 

 eleven feet high. 

 The wall of the in- 

 side chamber or 

 feed-room is twenty 

 A five-foot water tank is 



feet high 



pro\idcd at the top. 



One of the principal time and labor- 

 saving features is an elevated track or 

 run\va>- which extends around the 

 interior of the barn. On the track is 

 mounted a carriage which supports a 

 receptacle for transporting material from 

 one side of the building to the other. 



Provision has been made for heating 

 the interior by a stove. A pipe runs 

 from the left of the center space up 

 through the conical roof. Near the 

 stove is a spout from which fine food or 

 grain is supplied. When hot water is 

 needed for mash it is readily available. 



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