Star Dairy Barn No. 1

36 ft. wide, 126 ft. long, and approximately 44 ft. from grade to ridge. It has a feed room accommodation at the end, 36 ft. wide and 20 ft. long. The driveway to mow floor simplifies the unloading of hay and straw. Grain bins located above the mixing room can be filled directly from wagon and grain can then be spouted to the mixing room on ground floor. Hay mow capacity is 217 tolls. The ground floor is planned to accommodate 40 cows, 4 calf pens, a cow pen, and a bull pen. The cows face in, with a broad feed alley down the center. Ground floor height is 8 ft. 6 in. The entire ground floor and foundation walls are of concrete. Foundation walls extend to the level of window sills. The construction is a plank frame with atrussed roof, as illustrated on page 148. The exterior walls of ground floor are covered with horizontal drop siding and vertical siding is used above mow floor. This is a beautiful as well as a practical, modern milk factory. It is well lighted, well ventilated, has ample storage capacity, and a business end in which the largest amount of work can be handled with a minimum of effort. It is a type of barn that can be built and STAR Equipped complete at reasonable cost. UROUND' FLOOR RLAN a~~ost CVtc Page One Hundred Sixty-nine