CHAPTER XIV 

 THE BARN 



There are two buildings that the dairy farmer 

 cannot well get along without: A good, clean, 

 well-ventilated barn in which to house his herd 

 and dry fodder, and one or more silos in which 

 to store a supply of palatable green food for the 

 winter months. 



The barn adapted to the needs of the farm. 

 But little need be said about the construction 

 of the barn. The careful farmer will adapt the 

 barn to the size of the farm, the number of cows' 

 kept thereon, the kind of grain and roughage 

 stored for food, and other local conditions. He 

 will undoubtedly be able to draw his own plans, 

 or to secure some one to design a barn for him that 

 will suit his own special needs better than any 

 plan which can be suggested here. But there 

 is one feature of barn construction so greatly neg- 

 lected that it deserves to be mentioned in every 

 treatise on dairy farming. This important feature 

 is ventilation. < , 



Ventilation often neglected. In our efforts to 

 provide warm and comfortable quarters for our 



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