Moore-Warner Farm Management

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Common Midwestern livestock barn. Large center sliding doors offer access to driveway through center of building. Side doors provide access to livestock stalls. Side windows provide light in stalls. Loft above provides feed and bedding storage. Cupola aids ventilation throughout building.	A typical Midwestern farmstead of the 1930s - 1950s. A "prairie four-square" house, windmill, livestock barns and utility sheds.	Midwestern livestock barn. Sliding doors at ground level, hinged upper door for hay mow.

Livestock shed	A "prairie four-square" house, livestock barn and corn crib	Red barns show a New England heritage. Rusty nails were added to the paint to produce the color.

Hinged upper door makes loading hay much easier.	A Midwestern barn under construction, 1930s.	Midwestern barn under construction, 1930s

Midwestern livestock barn. Acute overhang offers protection from weather both above in loading feed and bedding and below in handling livestock.	Unusual barn with side doors and storage "lean to" on one end.	Hay barn with open hay mow door

Livestock barn. Lower sidewalls of concrete are resistant t livestock wastes and offer easier cleaning.	Midwestern livestock barn with concrete lower sidewalls and cupola for ventilation.	Storage barn. Lengthened roofline for additional "lean to" storage.

Stock barn. Livestock gate across open door. Unpainted.	Livestock barn. Lower windows provide light for stalls. Upper opening provide ventilation and access to loft storage.	Not all barns are painted; many weather naturally with the passage of time.

Gray barns show a Mid-Atlantic heritage. Gray Barns are common in tobacco country.	Typical Midwestern Livestock barn, 1930s - 1960s. Note lightning rods along peak of roof.	Livestock barn

Midwestern barn with many purposes. Loft is for feed and bedding storage, enclosed stalls are on ground floor with covered livestock pens along both sides.	Midwestern livestock barn.	Livestock barn.

	Livestock and storage barn.