Improved Frame 



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The illustration (Fig. 110) shows one end of 

 a 67 X 97-ft. barn, posts 18 ft. long, recently 

 orected at the Pennsylvania Agricultural College. 

 A cross -section at one side of the driving floor 

 is also shown (Fig. 111). A cross-section of a 

 built-up post is seen in Fig. 112. It will be 

 seen that the building is firmly tied together. 



Fig. 111. Cross-section of the frame. 



the roof fully supported, and that no timbers 

 obstruct the unloading of provender by horse 

 power. This new method of constructing large 

 frames is so little known and the principles 

 involved are so valuable that I append a foot 

 note at the risk of being misunderstood.* 

 Since long, large timbers have become expensive, 



*Shawver Bros., Bellefontaine, Ohio, furnish models and bills of material for 

 plank barns at a low cost. 



