Barns and Outbuildings, 2nd And How to Build Them

by Halsted, Byron D.

• ISBN13: 9781599213712
• ISBN10: 1599213710
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-17
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Time-honoured designs for erecting any farm structure from dairy barn to smokehouse. Includes 250 historical and practical illustrations.

Table of Contents

General Farm Barns	p. 13
The Barn of Mr. David Lyman
Mr. Lawson Valentine's Barn
An Ohio Barn
A Missouri Barn
A Good Farm Barn
Another Barn for Mixed Farming
Mr. Charles S. Sargent's Barn
A Plan for a Small Barn
Another Small Barn
The "Echo Farm" Barn
Cattle Barns and Stables	p. 43
A Cattle Barn
A Western Cattle Barn
A Second Western Cattle Barn
Covered Stalls for Cattle
Cheap Cattle Sheds and Barns
Cheap Barn and Connecting Stables
A Temporary Cattle Shed
A Combined Cow Shed and Pigpen
Dairy Barns	p. 59
A Westchester Co., N. Y., Dairy Barn
An Orange Co., N. I., Dairy Barn
An Extension Dairy Barn
Cattle Shelters	p. 66
An Archway Shelter
Cheap Temporary Shelters for Stock
Cattle Shelters on the Plains
Sheep Barns and Sheds	p. 74
A Convenient Sheep Barn
Sheep Sheds and Racks
Shed for Soiling Sheep
Virginia Sheep Barn
A Kansas Sheep Shelter
Sheep Shelter on the Plains
Poultry Houses	p. 86
A Cheap and Convenient Poultry House
An Ohio Poultry House
Another Cheap Hen House
Poultry Houses for Four Varieties
Poultry House for a Number of Breeds
Poultry Farming and Hillside Poultry Houses
Ducks and Duck Houses
Winter Care of Fowls
Stove for Poultry Houses
Piggeries	p. 104
Plan of a Piggery
A Convenient Farm Piggery
Mr. Crozier's Pigpen
A Comfortable Pigpen
Pens and Yards for One Hundred and Fifty Hogs
A Portable Pigpen
Pigpen, Hen House, and Corn Crib Combined
A Pigpen and Tool House
A Cheap Pigpen
Self-Closing Door for Pigpen
A Swinging Door for Pigpen
Carriage Houses	p. 125
A Combined Carriage and Tool House
Corn Houses and Cribs	p. 128
The Connecticut Corn House
An Improved Corn House
Western Corn Houses
Another Western Corn House
A Self-Feeding Corn Crib
A Self-Discharging Corn Crib
A Cover for Corn Cribs
Ice Houses	p. 140
Ice: Its Uses and Importance
Plan of an Ice House
A Cheap Ice House
A Small Ice House
Underground Ice Houses
An Ice House in the Barn
Ice without Houses
Ice Houses and Cool Chambers	p. 154
Several Plans
A Chamber Refrigerator
Dairy Houses	p. 160
Ice House and Summer Dairy Combined
A Butter Dairy
A Pennsylvania Dairy
Spring Houses	p. 170
Interior of Spring House
A Dome-shaped, Concrete Spring House
Granaries, etc.	p. 178
A Granary with its Grain Bins
Another Granary with Plan of Grain Bins
Plan of Corn Crib and Granary
A Measuring Grain Bin
Sliding Spout for a Barn and Granary
Convenient Grain Bin
Smoke Houses	p. 187
A Convenient Smoke House
Improved Smoke Houses
Cheap Smoke Houses
Smoking Meats in a Small Way
A Smoke House Convenience
An Oven and Smoke House Combined
Dog Kennels	p. 199
Dog Kennels
Bird Houses	p. 203
Bird Houses
Pigeon Houses
The Preservation of Fodder in Silos	p. 210
European Methods and Experiments
An American Silo for Brewers' Grains
Silos under Stables
Sour Fodder Making
Root Cellars and Root Houses	p. 224
Root Cellars
A Field Root Cellar
Pits for Storing Roots
A Cave for Roots
Preserving Roots in Heaps
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