Identifier: barnplansoutbui00hals (find matches)
Title: Barn plans and outbuildings
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Halsted, Byron David, 1852-1918 Powell, E. C. (Edwin C.)
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Farm buildings
Publisher: New York : Orange Judd Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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Fig. 68 ELEVATION OE COVERED CATTLE STALLS is cut into lengths of at least three inches, the manure isso much the better for it. The litter and the manure re-main in the stall during the whole winter, and as theygradually accumulate and the floor rises, the bars areraised. Each bar fits into sockets in the posts of thebuilding, and is held into its place by pins. The feedtrough is made to slide up and down, upon iron bars, asmay be needed. There is also a rack slung from the roofor ceiling above, between each pair of stalls, for long strawor hay, which is given once a day to the stock.
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78 BARN PLANS .VND OUTBUILDINGS CHEAP CATTLE SHEDS AND BARNS Much money is wasted in building sheds and barns ofneedlessly heavy timber. No timber should be larger orstronger than is sufficient to hold up the roof, and fourby four studding, or posts, will do this. Where strongwinds prevail, much may be saved by having the buildingslow. Indeed, there is a saving anywhere, by havingeverything as near the ground as possible. The common

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