Joists, 2 × 8s placed 3 feet apart at studs on outside wall. There are as many joists in center of barn as at the outside.
Supports, second-story, consist of one row of posts running around at a point immediately under the break in the roof. These are 16 feet apart and are made of three 2 × 8s kept 2 inches apart by horizontal braces which run from studding near the eave thru these posts to studding in silo. See [Fig. 31].
Plate, rafter is set on top of each stud, and no plate is used.
Rafters, 2 × 6s resting on studs at outside and on circular plate at break in roof.
Fig. 30. Barn No. 4. 90 feet in diameter; One of the few dairy barns with sufficient light; Same scale as drawing on [page 37].
Fig. 31. Silo in center of Barn No. 4; Upper portion in hay loft. Lower portion in cow stable.