Grain Weighting
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Grain Weighting
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Modern barns are more typically steel buildings. From about 1900 to 1940, many large dairy barns were built in northern USA. These commonly have gambrel or hip roofs to maximize the size of the hay loft above the dairy roof, and have become associated in the popular image of a dairy farm. The barns that were common to the wheatbelt held large numbers of pulling horses such as Clydesdales or Percherons. These large wooden barns, especially when filled with hay, could make spectacular fires that were usually total losses for the farmers. With the advent of balers it became possible to store hay and straw outdoors in stacks surrounded by a plowed fireguard. Many barns in the northern United States are painted barn red with a white trim. One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas. Another possible reason is that ferric oxide acts a preservative[12] and so painting a barn with it would help to protect the structure.
With the popularity of tractors following World War II many barns were taken down or replaced with modern Quonset huts made of plywood or galvanized steel. Beef ranches and dairies began building smaller loftless barns often of Quonset huts or of steel walls on a treated wood frame (old telephone or power poles). By the 1960s it was found that cattle receive sufficient shelter from trees or wind fences
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August 26th, 2014
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Maria Hunt
Found this beautiful image on Appreciating Works... and had to comment on it's beauty. Inspiring work, Marcia F/L
Gary Richards
I once did a whole series of old barn images of the midwest, and some of the most unique barns were actually round barns. According to legend, these round barns were designed to keep the devil from finding an entrance into them. Anyway, your image is very enjoyable to me...thanks for sharing!