PART SEVEN— FARM STRUCTURES 



CHAPTER LXII 

 INTRODUCTION; LOCATION OF FARM BUILDINGS 



The study of farm buildings is important to those engaged 

 in agricultural pursuits, for the following reasons : 



1. The amount of capital invested in farm buildings is 

 large. 



2. Convenient farm buildings conserve labor. 



3. Comfortable buildings for live stock conserve feed and 

 insure maximum production. 



4. The health of farm animals and the quality of the 

 products produced by them depend in a large measure upon 

 the sanitation, ventilation, and lighting of the farm buildings. 



Capital Invested in Farm Buildings. The fixed capital of 

 farms is divided by the 1910 Census into land, buildings, 

 implements, machinery, and live stock. The relative impor- 

 tance of these is shown by the percentage which each bears to 

 the whole. 



Land 69.5 per cent 



Buildings 15.4 per cent 



Live stock 12.0 per cent 



Implements and machinery 3.1 per cent 



Conservation of Labor by Convenient Arrangement of 

 Farm Buildings. It is difficult to estimate the saving of labor 

 which will result from buildings convenient in themselves and 

 in their relation to one another. This, however, is an impor- 

 tant matter, because the loss on account of inconvenience is 

 accumulative, and the aggregate for a year is large. Thus 



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