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Rural Architecture. 



452. Combined and Separate Construction The amount 



of capital required to build and maintain in repair a large 

 number of small buildings is greater than that required 

 for a single consolidated structure providing like accommo- 

 dations. This is clearly illustrated by the comparative 

 chart, Fig. 163, which represents the relations of build- 

 ings shown in Figs. 164, 165, 166, 167. 



Taking the cylindrical barn as a standard of compari- 

 son, it provides shelter for 98 cows and 10 horses, contains 

 a 400 ton silo, a granary 16x40 feet, a tool space 16x40 

 and storage capacity for all the hay needed ; and yet its 

 roof and side area is only 269 feet more than the group of 

 buildings in Fig. 165, which shelters only 37 cows and 15 

 horses, has no silo, no tool house and not enough space for 

 hay. 



FIG. 166. Group of buildings which shelter 114 cows r.nd 8 horses. 



Comparing with the buildings of Fig. 166, their aggre- 

 gate outside surface exceeds that of the standard by an 



