Barn Satisfactory
This round dairy barn above described has been in use for over two years at the University of Illinois, and has given entire satisfaction.
Fig. 23. Northeast view, showing dairy under driveway. The barn is on the same scale as the drawing on [page 28].
Fig. 24. Interior of dairy; Cooling tank on left.
Re-arrangement of Barn to Accommodate 40 Cows
If it is desired to keep cows in stalls in a round barn of this size, the circular manger can be enlarged to 38 feet in diameter, which gives room for forty cows, as shown in [Fig. 25], and the silo, to hold sufficient silage to feed the year round, enlarged to 18 feet in diameter. The present mow room is sufficient to store enough hay and bedding for this number of cows.
The barn on the Twenty-acre Demonstration Dairy Farm was built this large, as it was thought it might be desired at some future time to increase the size of the farm and herd, and the barn could easily be changed to accommodate a larger herd by simply enlarging the silo, without rebuilding the barn.