Farm And Garden

An agricultural -riter who has helped to build severa] barna and examined the ans of öiany others uaturally believes he kuows something worth telling on the subject of barn building. Following is an illustrated descriptiou of a barn which he considers uneqnaled, and which is here reproduced from the Ohio Farmer. The plan submitted requires very little explanatiou. The bracos marked Á are of little or no use. If the posts iu center are )eft out, then put in braces (B)"shown by dotted lines. The barn is 40 feet wide and 20 feet high, giving 13 feet in the clear, for hay to swing over the girt. The size eau be adapted to the bnilder's wants. This plan economizes space in a remarkable degree. This barn can be builtof any material eniployed in the construction of large barns. The rafters onght to be spiked to both plates. The basement can, of course, bc madetosuifc the requirenieuts , of the buiJder.