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and over. We made a mistake in starting the roof and went up 

 on the rafters over this 30 ft. barn and should have gone up 5 

 or 6 feet. Some people think it is more economic to build twq 

 shed barns, one for the cattle and one for the hay and make it 

 more convenient to handle, but I am from Missouri, and I must 

 be shov^n. 



I put on 24 ft. more, so at this point here I have nearly 

 6 ft. 



Mr. Mason : What is your siding on the outside ? 



Mr. Irish : If you people have got to re-cover your barn^ 

 nail dov^n the old siding; if there are any holes patch them, then 

 cover on the outside of that v^ith either the best grade of build- 

 ing paper, or low^ grade of this roofing paper, up to a little bit 

 above the loft floor, then put on your outside siding and th-en 

 you have got a good siding. 



Here v^e have now the last part where we have put, on an 

 addition. We have put on so many additions that I told my boy 

 to go to work and build a barn to the addition, so they built this 

 barn 36x48 and carried it over this part here so as to make 

 more room above and come up to the end of this 30 ft. barn. 

 Then we laid off our barn to the best advantage we could. We, 

 have a place to throw down fodder from above. This is where 

 we put the cows in when we feed them and we give them feed 

 and ensilage. Grind your grain fine. Somebody asked Mr. 

 Mason if he ground the feed he gave his cows. Grind it so fine 

 you can't see it at all and instead of putting one sack full I put^ 

 in two. 



If we had been building from the start we would not have 

 placed our silo where it is. Our cows run loose all day, except 

 at milking time. Here we have a calf pen. 



Question : When you milk the cows, do you get the same 

 one in regularly? 



Answer : Yes, sir. 



Question : Do you use straw for bedding ? 



