Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-25
BUILDING A BARN.
Necessities Flrst--Then Add the Decora-
two if You Can AFFORD 1t.

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The first stop in building barn, n
shed or even in fencing lot is to pro-
vide for perfect surface and underdrain-
age. There is not a farmer who has
not lost by insanitary conditions a
thousandfold more than would have
been the original cost of sanitary i'm
provements. The primary objects in
building barns are to shelter farm ami
mails and afford safe storage for he va
rious feeding stuffs. The secondary OBJ
jects are to provide comfort and con-
venience for the farmer and to add beau
ty and elegance to the homestead.
The man with small capital must
build makeshifts and be content with
smaller profits until such time as his
small accumulations will enable him to
profit by the advantages afforded in
more economical arrangements. If we
build solely from the utilitarian stand
point and to make a building as cheap
as possible then a square building, with
the roof sloping to a central deck and
with all roof ornaments, cornice, win.
dow and door decorations omitted. Just
make box large enough and strong
enough to hold your farm produce and
live stock. Make it tight enough to
keep out the blasts Of storm, make it
light enough to let in-in great album
dance-the vivifying sunlight, and you
have the poor mans barn in closest
economy.
l note the following items that are of
interest and Importance in barn build
ing:
The cost per head of full grown animals in
building for stabling capacity and fodder stor
age, $25.
In building for stabling capacity alone So.
The standing room for a 1,00O pound animal
tied up, $50 cubic feet.
Storage for grain for 200 days per 1000 pound
animal, l5O cubic feet
Storage for hay for same, 500 cubic feet
Storage for bedding for same, 600 cubic feet.
The daily grain feed full feed) for same.
about 20 pounds.
The daily hay feed, about 10 pounds.
The daily bedding, 10 pounds
The daily water, including water of food, 20
pounds.
The daily silage, cubic foot.
The daily soiling feed, 125 pounds.
The daily cabbage, 30 pounds.
The daily roots, 40 pounds.
The daily amount of manure accumulation,
70 pounds.
The daily amount of hay necessary for sus
tanning ration, 20 pounds.
The daily amount of nutritive substance re-
quired, pounds (being equivalent to about
20 pounds of ordinary feed).
1t requires six minutes to milk cow
Forty eight per cent of the dry matter of tho
feed is converted into manure.
One cord of manure weighs from three to
five tons.
One cord of fresh manure weighs six times
as much as when the same is well rotted.
One animal will produce about ten tons of
manure in one year.
The tonnage of a building is computed by
reckoning the weights Of full capacity of grain
hay, bedding and live stock on all floors above
the basement and - multiplying the number
of feet of lumber by 212 pounds. The sum of
all these quantities divided by 1900 pounds
Wall give the tonnage. Then by taking from
The tables the Resistance of wood columns and
beams, when weight is evenly distributed w,
are able to determine the size and number OF
posts and beams necessary for the building.
From the above data it is easy to de-
termine the size of building needed
for given number of animals. For ex-
ample, if it is desired to house the ami
NAL and at the same time store suffi-
Gent feed for the winter period, multi
ply the number of animals by 1880
cubic feet; then by inspection determine
the dimensions of the building. Or Il it
is desirable to provide stabling capacity
only, then multiply the number of full
grown animals by $50 cubic feet. Pro
viding for sheep and hogs requires rela-
lively the same space for given weight
of animals, but the arrangement is es-
Ill 4 4.
be separated and placed on small plats
two rods square, each plat containing a
small house 10 feet square, the roof of
the house sloping one way. The house
should be three feet high on one side
and five feet high on the opposite side.
1t should be f1oored and arranged SO that
it can be dragged about from place to
place with a team. There should be
two 10 foot panels and four 16 foot
panels Of portable fence for each house,
provided you have series in row.
Such an arrangement permits of settling
down little city of swine, where they
can dwell with perfect immunity against
cholera until such time as the pigs are
old enough to go to the pasture when
site plowed up and sown to some kind
Of crop which will destroy all kinds of
disease germs and leave the ground in
proper hygienic condition for the next
crop of pigs. Seven hundred feet of lum-
Der will make the outfit which, includ-
ing labor and hardware bill, will make
total cost OF about SO for each SOW
and her farrow, or $500 for herd Of 20
sows. 1t would require about one-half
acre for the town site hardly need to
comment ON the superior sanitary con-
ditions that may be maintained with
such system or the comparatively
small mortality in young pigs.
The sheepfold must be arranged so as
to keep the animal dry and keep out
cold drafts of air Professor d. A
Kent.
Live Stock Points.
In horse breeding the quality of the
dam is half the battle Breed no mare
who is unsound i'll any particular. Bad