The state herald., 1907-12-27
Floor Plan OF Barn.

a water.tank is given pretty near the
diameter of the silo. Its height could
be small and the whole sheltered with
no extra roof. A tongue-and-grooved
stave silo, thus sheltered from the
wind and weather. would render thor
oughly good service and would be n
permanent structure. The silo could.
OF course. be placed outside, In the
angle on either side, but In such n
case the stave silo is only tenn
porary building. With this arrange.
ment the ensilage can be taken out
tilatlng shaft. The ensilage cutter
could stand at ! or 2 and II could be
/ filled from the driveway floor. using
the blower elevator. which could also
be used for cutting straw and rough.
age for bedding. this elevated into
the space above the driveway floor
and feedroom, to be stored there or
passed through over the constable,
On the opposite side Of the dairy
stable from the silo, and some 30
feet distant. so as not to Interfere
with the lighting of the stable and
wind circulation. we would place ma.
nure shed. 22 by 30. which should have
n concrete foundation and walls 10 a
height OF some three feet. In which
tho manure from the stable may be
stored. carrying IL there by means OF
an overhead trolley. and where 1t may
ripen sheltered from the rain and 10
which rock phosphate may be judi.
riously added. to he rendered soluble
by the fermenting processes before the
manure goes TO the field. With such
an arrangement as this and with espe-
cial effort to make use OF all waste
/ roughage. either as bedding or directly
In composing with the manure, the
quantity OF stable manure can thus be
very materially increased and the
same number of animals made to
serve a much larger area OF field.
! Next 10 the driveway would be To-
Gated the power house. with the engine
I so placed that n single shaft could ex.
tend along the ceiling above the drive
way into the fcedroom. where pul.
icys could be- placed for driving n feed
I grinder and the feed cutter. says
/ Country Gentleman. We do not nt,
Z tempt Ia lay out specifically. rooms
I for housing the engine. pump for wa
tor supply and compressor for re-.
! frlgofation. II such plant wcr. to
be Installed. but the sketch suggests.
In u general way. the arrangement
that would have To be adopted to al.
low power TO be taken on directly
from single. straight shaft. where
the aim Is Ia make n stationary en-.
ginc contribute all Of the power need.
ed for the various lines OF work.
II should be understood tha, an On,
rine that would have sufficient power
60 run n fced,cnrter would hardly b.
economical 10 run III. separator for 80
small plant NJ 20 cows. II IL possible.
however. that II small rcfrlTcratins
plant were To be- installed for use mos,
OF the year. a type OF plant might b.
adopted that would permit i,a being
run for n couple OF hours night aud
morning. nj the time milking Ii done
and the work IN tn. dairy attended To.
80 that the separator could be run.
taking on iiA power wh,a other need.
I'd work ID being accomplished Grind.
Ing and pumping could. of course. go
on nj the same time. because q bin
could easily BE- arranged 10 iha, tho
mill would be fed automatically, thus
requiring no attention except to see
that II was feeding right