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Keeping with tonight's theme...She will never be barn-again

SweetFeet

SweetFeet

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One of my favorites. She still stands... hope to get a few shots on a beautiful blue-sky day this summer before it goes down.
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It's sad to see these old barns fall from neglect. But as I remember at home we had no more use for the structure other than to put straw in the loft occasionally. They were built for one purpose and the purpose has outgrown these old barns. Milk herds have gotten much bigger, no one hardly bales small bales any more, the new bigger machinery won't fit in them...

I still love walking thru these old barns.

Thanks for posting Sweetfeet.
 
John B,
You hit the nail on the head about the older barns.

I am looking at picking up 27 acres next to mine. The main barn is 48x80 and the lean to is 40x80. It is almost useless to me.

The hayloft is so low, I can put nothing inside but a normal height truck. The lean to doors are 7 foot tall, good for only a compact tractor.

I guess I can duck real low and fit my AC WC in there.

It is a shame those barns have lots of style and character, but they are mostly useless for storage of the bigger machines of today.

Rick
 
Rick Kr.,

My husband cut openings into ours. The opening to the the old pit-mow, he parks our little old combine, our 4020 JD and an old corn sheller in.

On the end of the barn he opened two areas. In one he parks a restored triple box wagon. In the lean to he parked our small sprayer and that is where our DC Case lives.

I would like it better if we put doors on the openings... but not sure if he ever will. I'd like to side it too for the eye candy effect - but not sure if that will happen either.
 
John B.,

Yes it is sad... for sure, the passing of an era.

I like to walk through them too!
 
It looks better in "Modern" view. I normally use "Classic" view but switched just to see if the picture is better and it is.
What"s the approximate location of this??

I"m aware of a display called "Barns of Waseca County" which is the result of a photographic effort to "save", at least by pictures, these old structures.
 
It's too bad those old barns with haymows aren't compatible with modern farming. In 1969 dad bought a farm with a good sized round roofed barn that was built in 1949 for use as a dairy barn. It was the newest and strongest barn in the neighborhood by far. It was tight as any barn could be.I used it to farrow sows for maybe 15 years or so with farrowing crates in one side and loafing area in the other side. The roof started going bad and I had quit farrowing and started buying feeder pigs, so we took the goodies and the hay mow out of the barn and burned the rest. It had cement footings down the center that were indestructible so removing the footings and putting a new roof on would have cost more than putting up a new pole building that was usable to our more modern needs.

The barn where I live is an old inglamorous horse barn that never had a hay mow. It's leaning a bit and I've had to straighten it and take the sag out of the roof but it lends itself to a big drive in door and can be driven into easily so it's going to live a long time yet. Jim
 
55 50 Ron,

Not from that area... but the barn project sounds interesting. I wonder if it has been made into a book at all.

The photos I take of old iron or buildings are my way of both "collecting" and sort of "preserving" them too. Really like old stuff!
 
fixerupper,

It would be intersting to see photos of your old round roof barn.

Our barn is a bit unglamorous too... husband cut holes into it to park machinery inside - otherwise it was useless to us once we quit raising hogs. The barn's foundation is not fantastic either... but I'm glad it still stands. We did roof it some years ago, so it may stand for another 100 years unless someone dozes it down someday after we depart from this old earth.
 
I'd have to scratch pretty hard to find a pic of the round roof one. It's been gone for a good fifteen years. Looks like I spelled unglamorous wrong in my previous post. Sigh. The horse barn houses five tractors, a lawn mower, a pickup, golf cart, 48 Dodge stub nose truck, flare wagon, and any small stuff that would fit between it all. Oh yes, and somewhere between 40 and 50 cats. Jim
 
fixerupper,

You got me curious. Looks like Mr. Webster says it is glamourless... so both wrong. LOL.
 
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