Built 1897.
Diameter, 80 feet.
Capacity, 75 cows in 2 rows, tails together, 51 head in outer circle, 24
head in inner circle.
[Illustration: FIG. 27. INTERIOR OF BARN NO. 2. SHOWING TWO ROWS OF
STANCHIONS AND DRIVE BEHIND COWS WHICH IS USED IN CLEANING BARN; SILO ON
RIGHT.]
Cost, $1800.
Studs, 2 x 6s, placed 2-1/2 feet on center.
Supports, two 2 x 6s in each stanchion.
Joists, main span 3 x 12s, 20 feet long, placed 14 inches on center.
Short spans over feed alleys, 2 x 10s.
Plate, 1 x 10-inch boards sprung around near top of studs.
Roof supports, 6 x 6s placed 12 feet apart. Purline plate rests on these
posts and consists of 1 x 8s sprung to the circle.
Siding, 8-inch, put on horizontally, first story ceiled inside.
To clean out, a wagon is driven around between the two rows of cows.
The chief objection to this barn is insufficient light in the cow
stable.
This barn and No. 3 are approximately the same in construction, and are
more substantially built than barns No. 4 and 5.
[Illustration: FIG. 28. ARRANGEMENT OF COW STABLE IN BARN NO. 2; TWO
ROWS OF COWS TAILED TOGETHER. THE BARN IS CLEANED BY DRIVING AROUND
BEHIND THE COWS.]
[Illustration: FIG. 29. BARN NO. 3. 80 FEET IN DIAMETER.]