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foundation is essential. The floor, if well drained, may be 

 of earth, but concrete is better. The walls are concrete and 

 the roof reinforced concrete. 



MACHINE SHEDS 



A machine shed is desirable and a paying investment when 

 designed so that the cost is within approximately 15 per 

 cent of the value of the machinery housed. When design- 

 ing a machine shed, it is necessary to gather the implements 

 together and make rearrangements of them in order that 

 the floor space may be most economically utilized. The 

 minimum depth for a machine shed is approximately 20 

 feet. The distance between supports must be wide enough 

 for the widest implement to pass through, or wide enough 

 for two smaller ones to pass through abreast. The value 

 of the machine shed lies in the ease with which a machine 

 can be put in and taken out. This is best accomplished if 

 one entire side is made of slide doors such that one slides on 

 the outside and the adjacent one on the inside. The agri- 

 cultural implements make rather expensive chicken roosts. 

 To prevent such use of them, there must be doors on the 

 machine shed that come sufficiently close to the ground to 

 keep poultry from crawling under. As the sheeting of the 

 shed decays very rapidly when in contact with the ground, 

 it is advisable to use a horizontal timber close to the ground. 

 This may be creosoted or otherwise treated to extend its 

 life. Being horizontal, it can be cheaply and conveniently 

 replaced from time to time as it deteriorates. The same 

 method may be applied to the bottom of the doors. A sug- 

 gestion to comb'ne a machine shed and chicken house, back 

 to back, offers an opportunity for the saving of some material, 

 as well as providing a protection for the cold side of the 

 chicken house. 



GARAGE 



The size of a garage for a single machine should be the 

 length of the car, plus at least 4 feet, and preferably 6 feet r 



