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Section 3. Barn Plans Continued

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Star Dairy Barn Plan No. 10

34 ft. wide, 56 ft. long and 36 ft. from grade to ridge.

There are stalls for 20 dairy cows, facing in. One end of barn is partitioned off and divided into a calf pen, a cow pen, bull pen and feed room. The silo is well located in relation to thefeed room.

A stairs in feed room gives access to the mow. Hay is elevated from the outside. The grain bins on mow floor can be filled by a bucket elevator located in the driveway.

 

The floors are of concrete. The ceiling height is 8 ft. 6 in. in clear. The foundation walls are of concrete extending up to the level of window sills.

The braced rafter, trussed frame barn, illustrated on page 154, is the type of construction used. All framing lumber is of 2 in. material, well braced, and thoroughly bolted. The mow floor is supported by STAR Steel Posts.
The exterior
walls are covered with horizontal drop siding. Hay mow capacity 80 tons.

This barn is modern from every viewpoint. It allows an abundance of sunshine to flood the gutters, and disinfect them daily. It is well ventilated and is easily kept in sanitary condition. The STAR Litter Carrier and Boom shown in the illustration show how to make short work of the litter problem.

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