The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-25
DAIRY AND POWER HOUSE.

The building in which the milk is
handled should be entirely separate
from one in which the cows are kept,
as great cleanliness Is essential In
the handling of milk and other diary
products, nothing absorbing impurities
more readily. (Ref. IA, p. 12.) The
building should be well ventilated and
so constructed as not to be readily
affected by changes in temperature.
The windows should be so arranged
that the sunshine may be freely ad-
mitted at least once a day. Provi-
sion should be made on the ground
floor for cooling the milk rapidly and
for the separator and churn, the cellar
being used for refrigeration and stor-
age. The floors and walls should be OF
tile or composite material, SO that a
hose may be turned upon them and
all thoroughly cleaned. The cellar
walls may be faced with enameled
brick.
This power house forms part OF
the same building but entirely separ-
ated from the dairy. The transmits
sion Of power to the various machines
OF the farm is accomplished by using
a dynamo In connection with the gaso
line engine, SO that motors are 10
Gated at the various points where
power is desired. The house and
building may be lighted by use of the
same plant. (Ref. 13, p. $685.
POULTRY HOUSES.
A poultry house should be isolates
from other buildings where pract
cable, built on dry, porous soil, co...
venient of access, and kept free fro
vermin. The house should be warm,
dry, and well ventilated, having
foundation of concrete, brick, or field
stone grouted with cement, extending
below frost line.
A cheap and efficient house can be
made of two thicknesses of rough
inch lumber put on 2 by studs YER
ticaliy, tarred building paper between.
The inner layer of boards should first
be put in place, the tar paper placed
ON the outside of these, with we'll
tapped joints held In place by lath
and nails. then the outside layer,
covering the cracks with ordinary
lath for battens. The air space be-
tween the boards makes a house
warm in winter and cool in summer:
The roof should be sheathed with
rough boards placed close together,
covered with tar paper, and shtngled.
(Ref. 10, p. 1922 A good width for
a poultry house is from 10 to IA feet,
length as required. The building
should face the south and have PLENTY
OF small, low windows, so as to admit
sunshine to the floor. A ventilator
should be placed on the highest point
of the roof, with adjustable openings,
so that the temperature OF the house
may be regulated in winter. Perches
should be low. not more than 80 inches
from the floor, with smoth, remov-
able platform underneath to facilitate
cleaning. Drinking troughs should be
in the alley separated from the house
by Stats. (Ref Is. PIP. 9-1S.)
The posts for runways may be IL
feet on centers. Common rough
boards may be used for base, which
should be "a inches high, above which
Pinch mesh poultry netting, SO inches
wide, should be used, making a 5-foot
fence. -
ICE HOUSE.
In building an ice house the main
object is to secure isolation of the ics
by surrounding 1t with an adequate
amount Of nonconducting material.
The house should have doubled walls
packed with sawdust. a drain at tb.'I
bottom to carry off water without
admitting air, and a ventilator at peak
of roof to allow vapors to pass or
There should be no windows. and {
door should be as nearly air tight az
possible.
BARNS.
A sanitary and conviently arranged
barn costs but little more than one
unsuited TO animal life. The condj
lions governing the planning are very
similar to those for house, l. e.,
fresh air, sunlight, good drainage, al D
protection against sudden changes o
temperature. The winter ventilation
can be provided for by one or more
hues so arranged as to allow the foJf
air to enter them near the floor line
and to passes out through ventilators
on the roof, the fresh air coming in
near the ceiling. (Ref. 20, D. 29.)
Within the last few years a num-
Der of very sanitary barns have been
built of reinforced concrete. This
material is proof against fire, water
and vermin, needs no painting little
repairing, and Is cool In summer and
warm in winter. View 81 shows A
group of concrete barns on a large
stock farm near White Plains, N. Y: