Author: Wilber J. Fraser
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Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781331954996
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Excerpt from University of Illinois, Agricultural Experiment Station: Bulletin No; 143, Economy of the Round Dairy Barn 1.Round barns would be more generally built if their advantages were known and if the few which have been erected had been rightly constructed. 2. The round dairy barn offers greater convenience in storing, handling and distributing the feed. 3. In the circular construction, much greater strength is secured with less lumber. 4. The material for rectangular barns costs from 34 to 58 percent more than for round barns of the same area and capacity. 5. Round and rectangular barns compared. 6. Round and rectangular barns, including silos, compared. 7. Detailed account, with illustrations showing how the round barn at the University was built. 8. Itemized statement of cost of a 60-foot round barn. 9. Brief descriptions with illustrations and plans of several round dairy barns in actual use. 10. Conclusions. The advantages of the round dairy barn are convenience, strength and cheapness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
