The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-01-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
ABOUT BUILDING BARNS, BAR
RACKS AND STABLES.
Where Glover Seed 10 Grown--A Pa
thetlo Pig Story some Scientific
Experlmenis-Stoo Notes aud
Domestic Helps
barns. BARRACKS and s,nhl...

Barns, Barracks and Stables.
Any farmer is at disadvantage who
has not sufficient barn room to store
all his hay, grain and fodder, writes
Waldo F. Brown in the Practical
Farmer and shelter his stock, as he is
certain to lose more than the interest
on a barn from exposure OF grain and
stock. Any one intending to build a
barn. should study his plan thor
oughly before hand, and should also
prepare his material and have 1t on
hand In good shape Some farmers
have barns large enough for storing
feed and grain but lack stable room,
and to such would suggest the plan
of q 'leau-to" shed, across one end
OF the barn. Such q shed can be
built very cheaply and without the
aid OF q carpenter if need be, and with
barn, thirty feet wide or more will
give u stable large enough to accom-
modate quite large amount OF stock.
The weather boards or siding can be
removed from the end OF the barn an d
used for enclosing the addition, and
this makes the stable in the shed EASY
OF access from the barn. The rafters,
OF course, will be quite long if the
stable Is made wide, and l would re.
commend that 1t be not less than six
teen feet; but uprights four inches
square may be set up under the raiters
to support them, so as to prevent any
sagging. These uprights also enable
you to make manger eusily, and If
you should wish stalls, they may be
put just the right distance apart to help
form the partitions. | would recon-
mend, however that tho stable be used
for colts, sheep or young cattle, and
used without stalls. II located at
the rear OF the horse stable, the man
ger should be omitted for u space of
four feet In the CENTER so that the ma
nure from the stable can be thrown in
and Spread each day and when our
shed stable Is to be used IN this way II
should always be sixteen feet wide,
and high enough so you can drive
through 1t with wagon, to clean out
the manure aud there should be double
doors at each end for this purpose A.
the leading supports, which are put UNI
der the roof, will have tendency tc
push the building away from the barn,
the rafters should be spiked fast to I
strong tie or beam at the upper end.
II one has an old barn and does MOI
wish TO put much expense on It, shet
OF this kind may be made with boart
root, which will last for many years
Tho first Of these sheds that / eve
saw, was made with quite steep roo
OF boards, and the owner told me tina
1t did service for nearly twent,
years. On every farm where Glove
seed is grown, 1t will be economy {
. build barracks to store it under Mo.
Of the hulling OF clover Is done /
September and October u season whel
the sun has little power and the dew
are heavy, and often the rains frC
quent. In the best Of weather when
as Is the almost universal practice, tn
threshing 10 done from the field, 1t 4
usually 10 or IL o'clock before tn
machine can start and often an entir
week Is lost, rs there will not b
enough drying weather between tn
rains TO flt the clover for hulling
This not only makes extra expense
but Is annoying In the house as wei
as out; the vito Is never sure wher
the machine will come, or how LONG
1t will stay. Wet weather also causes
in many cases n loss OF large per
cent OF tho seed, for after clover has
lain out and become half rotten, II il
must be turned TO dry, much OF the
seeds SKATER off, and when, Us Is some
times the case. it must be turned two
or three times there is little seed left
The work OF hulling can be done with
three, or at most, four men besides the
machine hands, II itis iD barracks OF
stack, while it requires three or foul
teams with hands TO man them, II yOr
take It from the field. Only rooI
will be required to protect 1t II yot
make barracks but on farms where
clover seed is quite regular crop
believe 1t would pay TO also enclose
the building, but would make 1t with
large doors to open on all sides 30 as
to get circulation Of air though II t
blow out the dust when hulling. CheaE
barracks that will answer quite well
TO shelter from ten 10 twenty acres o.
seed. can DO made with poles ant
boards only, and there are such in my
neighborhood