You Build But Once - Be 
Sure You Plan It Right 
9 trusae a for 100~ft. barn like this requires 
706 board feet. At $60 per M — $381.94. 
I 
'Which ia the 
better way? 
9 trasaea like this requires 1266 board feet mt 
$80 per M — $911.52. A difference of $530.29. 
Mistakes on paper are easily rectified and build¬ 
ings on paper are readily moved. Once built, changes 
can be made only at great expense. 
It pays to plan a remodeling job or a new dairy 
barn, on paper, before the foundation is dug, before 
the carpenters come, before actual work is begun. 
The dairy bam is your factory, your workshop, in use al¬ 
most daily throughout the year. 
If it is not built right, if it is not correctly planned, it may 
lose you money every day. 
Wrong location of posts, inconvenient arrangement of feed 
bins and feed rooms, incorrect arrangement of carrier track¬ 
ing or stalls or pens, or the wrong designing of the hay loft, 
may compel you to take more steps, do more work and pay 
out more money for help each day during the life of the barn. 
Saye Work Daily — Save Building Costs 
A ckain la no stronger 
tkau its weakest link. A 
timber ia no stronger than 
Its tenon. 
A silo or a 
door in the 
wrong place, 
poor arrange¬ 
ment of equip¬ 
ment, venti¬ 
lating intakes 
or outtakes 
i m properly 
installed, mis¬ 
takes in size 
in stall floors, 
gutters, pas- 
liness may be assured; plenty of 
light, abundant ventilation and easy 
disposal of litter will be provided; 
floor space will be used to best ad¬ 
vantage; and all the chores made 
easy. In many a case, careful plan¬ 
ning has cut barn work squarely in 
half. 
What a barn will cost depends 
in no small degree on the care with 
which it is planned in advance. 
It is no uncommon thing to see 
a man with the “Know how” build 
gages and alleys—even these smal- a barn at 20% to 30% less cost than 
/er errors may be a source of 
daily expense and annoyance. 
A barn correctly designed 
and built right in every detail 
is a constant money maker 
because it is a constant 
money saver. 
If rightly planned, cow 
comfort and cow clean- 
another, although the barn accom¬ 
modates the same number of cows. 
And the man with the “Know 
how” gets a handsomer building, 
more convenient and better. 
' How to Get the 
Low Bid 
Regardless of who designs the 
barn it is well to submit the final 
plans to several contractors, getting 
bids from each. 
By having as many sets of blue 
prints and specifications as there 
are contractors figuring on the bam, 
you can safely let the contract to 
the lowest bidder. 
You get the low price, and the 
successful bidder binds himself to 
give you the same workmanship, 
construction and materials as those 
who bid higher. You hold him to 
the blue prints and specifications. 
National Clearing House 
of the Best Barn Ideas 
To help our customers and others 
get the best barns possible, we, 
years ago, established the James¬ 
way Barn Plan Service under direct 
supervision of Mr. W. D. James, 
known as the leading dairy barn 
authority in the U. S. 
Associated with him in this de¬ 
partment is an architect and engi- 
ven- 
steel 
James Jyla?iufaetnring Company , (Slmira, JPorlc 
Labor Saving Equipment for the Dairy 
way 
he Dairy Bam Ir 
neer of unusual experience in 
tilation, reinforced concrete, 
work and structural design. 
Another architect with many 
years of experience in planning, 
building and remodelling of dairy 
barns, a large force of skilled barn 
designers and draftsmen, and bam 
experts in charge of divisions of the 
field force, complete the office staff. 
In the field, are more than sixty 
men who practically every day are 
consulted by farmers on remodeling 
and other barn problems, drawing 
preliminary plans and reporting 
new ideas and unusual conditions. 
For years, Mr. James and these associ-. 
ates, have studied dairy barns—how to 
best remodel; construction, lighting, ven¬ 
tilation, drainage; how barns should be 
arranged for labor-saving. Every year 
they plan or help to plan thousands of 
dairy barns. 
The experience and help of these men 
is yours for the asking. No charge is made 
excepting when complete plans and speci¬ 
fications are ordered. 
Barn Book Free 
Much of their experience and the best 
of their ideas are contained in a 320-page 
book which will be sent postpaid on request. 
In addition to 28 pages of blue prints, 62 
pages of pictures of barns in all sections of 
the country and many pages on barn plan¬ 
ning, ventilation, remodeling, etc., this 
book tells all about James inventions that 
save so much of labor, prevent spread 
of disease, promote better cow 
health, make simpler the care 
of calves and sick cows, pro¬ 
tect against dangerous bulls, 
and increase milk yields. 
Write us now. Tell us what 
barn problems are bothering 
you; perhaps we can help 
solve them. 
If you want the book, ask 
for James way Book No. i X 
