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Section 3. Barn Plans Continued

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Star General Purpose Barn No. 3

36 ft. wide, 62 ft. long and 38 ft. from grade to ridge, with a shed addition, 36 ft. wide and 13 ft. long.

In this plan provision is made for the stabling of horses across one end. There are three horse stalls and a box stall. The cow barn is partitioned off from horse barn, and accommodates 20 cows. Cows face out.

The oats bin and hay chute are conveniently planned. The small bin is filled directly from the larger bins located on the mow floor. Hay is elevated from the outside. Access to mow is by a stairs in horse barn. Hay mow capacity is 86 tons.

 

Ceiling height is 8 ft. 6 in. in clear. The entire lower floor and foundation walls are of concrete. Foundation wall extends to the level of window sills. This is a plank frame, Gothic roofed barn with vertical drop siding. It is especially well planned, lighted and ventilated. Bins and silo are so located that feeding can be done quickly and with a minimum of effort.

The construction of this barn is simple, and requires no expensive labor to build. The mow is large and unobstructed, and the graceful curve of the roof affords the best possible drainage. This is an unusually beautiful barn, yet less board feet of lumber are required to build it than any other type of construction.

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