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Barn Photos For Your Royalty Free Commercial Use

If you are interested in why these old barns were built the way they were visit our Barn Plans website. There you can see pictures and text from a 1919 barn plans catalog. There is a ton of information about how many cows and horse could be kept in a given size barn and a variety of arrangements depending on the number of horses and cows to be housed.

Much to my surprise, farmers and planners were very much aware of solar considerations as well as the need for venting and fresh air.

Pennsylvania Barn

This classic style barn is being painted and kept up although it is no longer used. Barns like this provided all the space and amenities necessary to support a farm family before 1950. The silo is close to the barn making it easy to transport fodder to …

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Working Dairy Barn

This picture shows a working dairy barn and you can see how it differs from the other barn pictures. It is much larger. It has to be to hold the number of cows needed to support a modern farm family. The silo space is also …

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Barn In New Mexico

This barn picture shows a really old building in New Mexico, USA. It is located about 25 miles SE of Albuquerque and is no longer used for anything. You can see the remains of the old, rusted, sheet metal roof. The walls look like they …

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Weathered Wisconsin Dairy Barn

This old Wisconsin barn looks pretty rough, but is still in use, but not for cows. In the past it was a typical size and shape for a small dairy farm. By building it into the side of the hill like they did the …

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Reverting to Wild

The livestock is long gone and there is nothing to graze down the grasses, weeds and flowers. So in a few years time bare soil becomes covered with native grasses, and flowers. It won’t be long before tree seedlings sprout and the land will begin …

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Old Barn Near Chromo Colorado

This old barn is located along the very southern border of Colorado. This is marginal grazing land. The pasture grass is so green because it is irrigated. The hills in the distance are covered with scrub oak and some Ponderosa pine.

This kind …

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