Posted: 5/31/2016 2:46:25 PM EDT
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Quote History Quoted: It's funny how things change over time. These days most folks have just a very few buildings but they are large. In the old days there were MANY buildings, smaller though. For example, on my grandparents farm there was a barn with loft and milkhouse, root cellar, old spring house, chicken house, hog house, granary, several corncribs, silo, smoke house, canning kitchen, car garage and work shop (NOT the same thing!), machine shed, as well as space for storage- attic, basement etc...... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quote History Quoted:Quoted:
That is VERY true! Can never build big enough! It's funny how things change over time. These days most folks have just a very few buildings but they are large. In the old days there were MANY buildings, smaller though. For example, on my grandparents farm there was a barn with loft and milkhouse, root cellar, old spring house, chicken house, hog house, granary, several corncribs, silo, smoke house, canning kitchen, car garage and work shop (NOT the same thing!), machine shed, as well as space for storage- attic, basement etc...... I think there were a few reasons for that.
Building code. The county here only lets you have 2 outbuildings, unless you have a "bonafide" farming operation. Cost. Build small buildings as you go, as you can afford them (didn't have loans back then like we do today), as you needed them. Heat. If you need to heat a building, small spaces are much more efficient to heat. Redundancy. Buildings burning down back then was common. If you have all your eggs in one basket, you could loose everything. If you ONLY lost the hogs (for example), you didn't loose the dairy or the chickens.
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