The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-29


The necessity Of arranging the build
ings of a 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 the 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 in part:
1.-THE modern manufacturing plant 1s
so located, arranged and constructed
that the particular product 1t manufac-
lures progresses from the raw mate
rial on through the different opera
tons in q 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. 1t 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 IL 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 a 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 well separated
from the other farm buildings, but
commands a 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 impIement-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 ap-
preciable distance or of requiring
much travelling back and forth.
"(4 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 a view OF
practically the entire farm. 1t 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 the 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 a portion of the fence for
the hog lot, and requires the minimum
handling of corn from the crib to the
lot.
"(7) The vegetable and flower gar-a
dens may be reached handily from the
house, and yet are entirely distinct
from other farm activities and well re-
moved from the poultry house.
"(S) That provision has been made
in this plan for future growth is
shown by the fact that site has been