The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-07-05

An Actual Layout OF Farm Buildings
erations and Conditi
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agrculture.)
The necessity of arranging the build
1ngs Of farm with reference to each
other and to the fields so as to avoid
waste motion and loss Of time in
handling products, is pointed out by
E. B. Mccormick, chief of tho division
of rural engineering, Office Of public
roads and rural engineering, in an ar.
ticle in the 1915 yearbook of the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture!" On this subject Mr.. McCor.
mick says ip part:
1.-THE modern manufacturing plant is
so located, arranged and constructed
that the particular product it manufac-
lures progresses from the raw mate
rial on through the different opera
tons in a regular order. There Is no
doubling back upon itself during it's
progress, and every effort is made to
secure convenience and rapidity in the
process. No two plants, however, will
be exactly alike, even though manu-
featuring the same product, because
the factors of site, switching facilities,
locality, nature of labor available, and
source of power all enter in to modify
the general design. It is possible in
the case of every farmer so to locate
the fields, roads, barns, sheds, houses,
etc., that the operations on that farm
will be performed with the maximum
efficiency and with the least loss of
motion. The differences in arrange
ment and layout between two farms
turning out approximately the same
product are likely to vary even more
than in the case Of two factories be.
cause of the wider probable range in
natural conditions. This means that
even greater study must be put on the
plant arrangement Of the farm than
of the factory if maximum efficiency
is to result.
''The layout illustrated is suggested
not with the idea that it is the best
plan for every farm or any particular
farm, but purely as illustrating the
general principle of arranging the diff
ferent farm buildings logically with
reference to farm operations. An an.
alysis of this plan shows the location
of house easily accessible to the
main highway. The house being on
the east side of a north-and-south
highway, the interior arrangement is
so planned that the disadvantage Of a
western exposure is overcome, and
the effect of a southern exposure is
secured. This house is we'll separated
from the other farm buildings, but
commands view of all of them and is
not so far away as to render the pass.
ing back and forth unnecessarily ardu.
Gus.
"A few of the points that are brought
out by an inspection of this plan are:
"Q) Vehicles and implements com.
ing from the road go direct to the
sheds without passing close to the
house or other buildings, except the
horse barn. In coming from the fields
they may be taken direct to the sheds
and, without any doubling back, the
horses pass into the stables or into
the horse lot.
"(2) The horse barn is equally acces
sible from the implement yard, the
farm lane or the horse lot.
"(3) The shop is so located that the
operations Of horseshoeing or vehicle
and implement-repairing may be car.
ried on either in the shop or immedi.
ately adjacent to it, without the ne.
cessity of bringing the work any an.
preciable distance or of requiring
much travelling back and forth.
"(D The location of the farm Office
Immediately over the shop gains all
the advantages OF a lookout tower
from the windows Of which the owner
or manager may command g. view of
practically the entire farm. It has the
further advantage that on rainy DAYS
when he is most likely to be carrying
on office work, the other employees of
the farm are probably engaged in
work in or near the shop, and, there.
fore, come directly under his super.
vision.
"(5) The location of tho cattle barn
which is designed for feeding purposes
only, Is such that it is readily acces.
sible from the farm lane, the feed lot
or the fields.
"(6) The corncrib is so located that
It serves as portion of the fence for
the hog lot, and requires the minimum
ha odling Of corn from tho crib tn tho
lot.
go The vegetable and flower ear.
1ens may be reached ,handily from the
mousse and yet are entirely distinct
from other farm activities and we'll re-.
moved from the poultry house.
~ That provision has been made
IN THIS plan for future growth Is
snown by the tact that site has been