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construction would better be along this line and 

 then trust to the insurance company to make 

 good the losses by fire, should any occur. Com- 

 pare Figs. 114, 119. 



Farm laborers receive fully double the wages, 

 except in harvest time, which they did fifty 

 years ago ; therefore, the barns should be planned 

 with the view of economizing labor. This can 

 best be secured by rearing a single structure, 

 rather than several, for it is evident that if the 

 live stock, tools, implements and provender be 

 placed in juxtaposition, economy in performing 

 the work about the buildings will be secured. 

 However, it is often convenient to have a sepa- 

 rate building open on one side for storing farm 

 wagons and heavy implements and tools. 



Grain, hay and stover are all unloaded most 

 economically by means of slings and hay fork, 

 operated by horse -power, but the unloading by 

 horse -power implies high barns, with mows 

 measurably unobstructed by timbers. Economy 

 of space also implies deep mows, since a mow 

 twenty feet deep holds more than two mows ten 

 feet deep. High, large buildings require far 

 less outside boarding and roof than small, low, 

 detached buildings which contain, together, the 

 same storage capacity. Economy in construc- 

 tion and maintenance, convenience of tempo- 

 rarily sheltering and removing manures, ease of 



