Excerpt from University of Illinois, Agricultural Experiment Station: Bulletin No; 143, Economy of the Round Dairy Barn In a certain community in Ohio where a milk condensing fac tory is located, a large number Of farmers have barns 36x60 feet, with an L the same size. The loft of the L is used for the storage of straw. And the cows run loose in the lower portion. These barns are all built on practically the same plan and are usu ally Oi the same size, and this is the only community known to the writer where this form of barn is used in this manner. This tendency to imitate emphasizes the fact that men do not exercise sufficient originality. Because most barns are rectangular is no reason that this is the best and most economical form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.