Other  considerations  may  vary  this  precise  plan —
may,  for  example,  dictate  the  addition  of  an  L  for
box  stalls,  as  in  the  bam
shown  in  Fig.  192,  which  is
further  modified  by  having
three  stories  and  by  having
the  space  beneath  the  bridge
to  the  upper  floor  serve  as
a  place  for  the  farm  engine
and  also  for  a  granary ;  but
the  essential  plans,  so  far  as
the  width  of  the  stracture
and  the  position  of  the  silos
are  concerned,  can  hardly  be
changed  without  the  sacrifice
of  desirable  features.
The  cost  of  such  a  bam
will  vary  within  wide  limits,
according  to  the  finish  and  the
locality  where  built.  As  an
indication,  it  may  be   said
that  a  builder  of  some  ex-
perience in  eastern  New  York
estimates  that  a  bam  like
that  outlined  above  can  be
put  up  in  excellent  shape,
well-roofed  and  painted,  but  without  omamental
features,  for  about  $30  per  mnning  foot.  A  bam  of
this  type  sixty  feet  long  would  then  cost  $1,800,
and  should  store  food  for  and  stable,  say,  twenty-
five  cows  and  four  horses,  and  leave  room  for  three
good-sized  box  stalls  for  calves  and  young  stock.
Such  a  place  should  have  preferably  two  silos  with
a  combined  capacity  of  about  125  tons,  and  these,
if  purchased  from  a  leading  manufacturer  ready  to


erect,  inclusive  of  roof,  would  cost  $135  to  $145
each.  For  eastem  American  conditions,  in  most
localities,  a  silo  is  a  regular  part  of  the  farm
equipment.  This  is  not  tme  north  of  the  limit  of
maize-growing  or  where  the  condensaries  refuse  to
receive  milk  made  from  ensilage.
