Sometimes it is desired to have more attractive looking buildings than
the severely plain ones seen on many farms, and to illustrate the
decidedly attractive appearance which can be given to buildings which
are covered with Paroid roofing, we have had prepared plans of a dairy
barn and a village stable, with the roofs treated with ornamental
battens and the whole roof painted with a dark green or red paint,
which gives the rich effect of copper sheathing and is most pleasing to
the artistic eye. A cross-section of the battens we recommend are given
here. Paroid can be laid more rapidly when battens are used, and enough
labor is saved to pay for the slight extra cost of the battens.
[Illustration: FIG. 52. SIDE ELEVATION.]
[Illustration: FIG. 53—Ornamental battens.]
The same idea may be carried out on the sides of all kinds of
buildings, and especially farm and poultry buildings, at a less expense
than clapboards and shingles. Parine Paint, which is made especially
for Paroid Roofing, is a dark brown and produces very neat results.
Paroid one-ply is the best weight for the sides and we would recommend
two-ply for the roof.
This dairy barn is spread out extensively, instead of being built up
into the air, the front being eighty feet long by twenty-six feet wide,
and there being two wings twenty feet wide extending forward thirty-two
feet, enclosing three sides of a quadrangle. A dairy room is set out in
rear of the end containing the pens and yards for the bulls, and is
connected with the cow stable by a covered walk; this semi-detached
dairy room avoids having the stable odors contaminating the milk, and
aids to cleanliness of dairy utensils by ample equipment for washing
and refrigerating.
[Illustration: FIG. 54. FIRST FLOOR PLAN.]
[Illustration: FIG. 55. SECOND FLOOR PLAN.]
The second floor of the main building is utilized for hay and grain
storage, and in one end are rooms for the stablemen, including a
bath-room; this latter is a most important adjunct of a good dairy
stable, it having been demonstrated that facilities for cleanness
promotes cleanness, and absolute cleanness of men, animals, and all
utensils is demanded in the up-to-date dairy.