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for each horse would require 45 cubic feet of solid granary 

 space. His 7073 pounds of hay, which would require 600 

 cubic feet to the ton when first put in, would occupy 2122 cubic 

 feet. Adding 10 per cent, to each storage space to allow for 

 waste, plus the space required for the animal itself, would give 

 a total of 3244 feet for each animal and its feed. A barn for 

 15 horses would then contain 48,660 cubic feet, and at 3 cents 

 per cubic foot enclosed would cost practically $1460. 



A 15-h.p. tractor is about 8 ft. wide, 10| ft. high, and 16 

 ft. long. In order to make a building large enough to work in 

 and store extra parts, one should figure on a garage of 14 x 20 

 feet on the ground and 11 feet to the square. It need not be 

 ,so carefully planned as to ventilation and warmth as a barn. 

 Being smaller, however, the building would cost more in pro- 



Housing of horses and tractor 



portion, but even at 4 cents per cubic foot would cost less than 

 $150. Since fuel may be had at any time, the average man 

 would not want to store a year's supply at once, but a 100-bbl. 

 tank could be constructed under ground at far less cost than 

 the difference between $150 and $1460. A fair-sized tank, 

 which can be filled in idle seasons, is a great saver of time in 

 the rush of mid-summer, and, since kerosene and distillate do 

 not evaporate, the scheme is perfectly safe. 



