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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  12/20/2006 08:51 AM,VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> As much as I love the traditional barn (a combination
> interest in architecture, history, and rural culture)
> I think the hayloft became obsolete when bales
> replaced loose hay.  I would like to build a
> traditional barn but I haven't come up yet with a
> sufficiant "practical" justification for building that
> way.
> Van Dell


If you are using a barn as a building to keep animals in, keeping the 
feed up above & out of the way in what would otherwise be 'wasted' 
space is a great idea.

If you could use some mechanical way to get the hay up there the hard 
work is done, when you want to use a bale on the ground floor you let 
gravity move the bale down to the floor.



Rob
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