468 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 



easier put in with modern sling carriers if there are 

 no cross ties to obstruct the working of the carrier. 

 The roof must be str-ong if Iiay is taken in in large 

 drafts. It must be of economical construction. 

 It must be able to endure stress of wind and storm. 



The writer has designed hundreds of barns of 

 varying types for situations scattered nearly all over 

 America. After many years of experience he de- 

 cides that for simple storage of hay the type shown 

 on pages 466 and 467 is the best extant. It is as 

 simple as can be, it is cheap to build. It may have 

 round pole for posts, square timbers or be all of 

 joists construction. It has not one brace or cross tie 

 inside the hay mow. The outer braces are not in the 

 way especially, as they occur only at intervals of 14' 

 or 16'. They will not decay if they are covered on top 

 and sides with a strip of galvanized steel roofing, 

 bent to fit. The under side is best left uncovered. 

 The foundation is of concrete piers molded in jilace 

 and each one having an iron pin coming up several 

 inches into the foot of the post. 



A floor ought to be provided. Sometimes a scaf- 

 folding of round poles is laid down, putting the poles 

 close enough to make a good air space under the 

 hay. A concrete floor made water proof will serve 

 if care is taken to put down very dry straw or hay 

 at the beginning so as to make a layer all over the 

 bottom. 



Shed for Baling. — Supposing hay to be baled from 

 this barn, a shed or lean-to is provided on one side. 

 Each crop may be baled as soon as it has thorough- 



