Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1909 — Circular Barn's. [ARTICLE]

Circular Barn's.

A remarkable novelty in born-build-ing is reported 1.-om Lapel, Indiana. The walls, or rather wall, of the barn are twenty-five feet high and sixtyfive feet in diameter, the roof running to a cone. There is no such things as a post or pillar in the bam. In order to prevent the weight of the roof from spreading, three heavy steel hoops encircle the building. The bam is cyclone proof, for wind has no chance to get a hold on the structure. The stalls for horses and cattle are arranged In a circle, there is a big feeding room in the centre, and a silo extends from the ground to the roofs oone. The storage capacity is stated to be far greater than would be the ease In a building of the ordinary type, v