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There is not one mortise or tenon in this frame nor any 

 feature that cannot be readily understood by any "saw and 



Pig. 8 is an after thought, and 

 shows that by making the outer 

 posts also ten feet high the roof 

 will be raised two feet, and the stor- 

 age capacity of the mow increased 

 over five tons, giving about 17 tons 

 about right for a flock of 100 ewes of 

 the mutton breeds. The labor of Fig. 8. 



building'with the additional height will be the same, and the 

 extra cost of 288 feet of siding. 



MR. VESTAL'S BARN. 



Mr. W. B. Vestal of Indiana gives us this ground plan 

 of his barn which has some excellent points: 



The building is 02x48 feet, fronts south, is twelve feet 

 at the eaves and is 27 feet to the hay carrier, which extends 



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the whole length of the building. Hay is unloaded from cen- 

 ter driveway; both drives are 14 ft. wide. The center drive 

 is open to the roof and cupola to afford ventilation. The 

 mows are 8 ft. high. The west drive has floor over the 

 center, leaving a space of 14 ft. at each end open to the roof. 



