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1919 Barn Plans Continued - Part 4

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Star Combination Horse and Dairy Barn No. 15

36 ft. wide, 70 ft. long and 38 ft. high from grade to ridge.

There are six single, four double and two large box stalls.

Horses face in. Underneath the driveway to the mow is a root cellar with a trap door to the driveway.

Grain bins located in the mow can be readily filled from wagon, and the grain spouted to small bins in the mixing room. The milking machine room is well located in relation to the Dairy Barn.

 

The dairy barn is 36 ft. wide, 86 ft. long and 30 ft. high from grade to ridge and is planned to accommodate 30 cows. It also
contains two calf pens, a cow pen and a bull pen. Cows face in.

The horse barn is a plank frame, trussed roof barn with horizontal drop siding. The dairy barn is a plank frame, braced rafter barn with horizontal drop siding.

The entire lower floor and foundation walls are of concrete. The foundation wall extends to the level of the window sill. Both the horse barn and dairy barn are well lighted and ventilated. The mows are well lighted by well proportioned dormer windows.

Enough hay, straw, grain and roughage can be stored to fully meet the feeding requirements of the stock. Combined mow capacity is 170 tons of hay.

This modern farm group is so constructed and designed that it is a factory capable of being run on a business basis, in which both waste of material and labor have been a reduced to a minimum.

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