Joists, main span 3 × 12s, 20 feet long, placed 14 inches on center. Short spans over feed alleys, 2 × 10s.
Plate, 1 × 10-inch boards sprung around near top of studs.
Roof supports, 6 × 6s placed 12 feet apart. Purline plate rests on these posts and consists of 1 × 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.
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.
