Built in 1906.
Diameter, 100 feet.
Capacity, 115 cows.
Cost, $3400.
Studding, 16-foot 2 x 6s, placed 3 feet on centers.
Supports, 3 rows 4 x 4s.
Joists, 2 x 10s, placed 3 feet on centers. Hemlock and yellow pine.
Floor, laid in eight directions.
Rafters, 2 x 6s spiked to studs. A band of two 1 x 6s is placed around
the studs just below the rafters, and helps support the rafters.
Supports for roof. There are three purline plates. Two of these are
supported by posts, the other by braces running out from the silo. The
roof is straight from eaves to peak. The bracing is similar to that of
barn No. 4.
Silo, 18 feet in diameter, 56 feet deep, 2 feet in ground. Capacity, 350
tons.
[Illustration: FIG. 34. BARN 92 FEET IN DIAMETER; TWO ROWS OF COWS
HEADED TOGETHER; SILO IN CENTER.]
[Illustration: FIG. 35. VIEW OF 70-FOOT SELF-SUPPORTING ROOF ON BARN
SHOWN IN FIG. 36; NOTE HOOPS ON STUDS IN RIGHT FOREGROUND.]
[Illustration: FIG. 36. BARN 70 FEET IN DIAMETER; FRAME HOOPED FOR
PERPENDICULAR SIDING; LOWER SECTION SIDED.]