Economy of the Round Dairy Barn
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Excerpt from University of Illinois, Agricultural Experiment StationIn a certain community in Ohio where a milk condensing fac tory is located, a large number Of farmers have barns 36x60 feet, with an L the same size. The loft of the L is used for the storage of straw. And the cows run loose in the lower portion. These barns are all built on practically the same plan and are usu ally Oi the same size, and this is the only community known to the writer where this form of barn is used in this manner. This tendency to imitate emphasizes the fact that men do not exercise sufficient originality. Be...
Chapters (65)
- ECONOMY OF THE ROUND DAIRY BARN
- Summary of Bulletin No. 143
- ECONOMY OF THE ROUND DAIRY BARN
- Why More Round Barns Are not Built
- Kind of Barn Needed
- ADVANTAGES OF THE ROUND BARN
- Round Barn Most Convenient
- Circular Construction the Strongest
- Rectangular Barns Require 34 to 58 Percent More Material
- Round and Rectangular Barns Compared
- Round and Rectangular Barns, Including Silos, Compared
- DISADVANTAGES OF THE ROUND DAIRY BARN
- HOW THE ROUND BARN AT THE UNIVERSITY WAS BUILT
- System of Ventilation
- The Milk Room
- Barn Satisfactory
- Re-arrangement of Barn to Accommodate 40 Cows
- Itemized Cost of this Round Barn
- OTHER ROUND DAIRY BARNS
- Barn No. 2
- Barn No. 4
- Barn No. 5
- The Small Dairyman's Barn
- DISADVANTAGES OF THE POLYGONAL BARN.
- Barn No. 6
- CONCLUSIONS
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