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Lindley, James A.

Agricultural buildings and structures / James A. Lindley & James H. Whitaker. - Revised edition - St Joseph, MI : American Society of Agricultural Engineers, c1996. - viii, 636 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Part I: Farm building construction
Chapter;
1. Introduction
2. Structural lumber and plywood
3. Concrete and masonry construction
4. Manufactured building materials and paints
5. Wood fasteners
6. Loads on buildings
7. Foundations, footings and floors
8. Building, framing, and bracing
9. Roof framing
10. Selection of structural members
11. Plans, cost estimating and economics

Part II: Environmental control of agricultural buildings
12. Fundamentals of heat transfer and psychrometrics
13. Animal thermal environment
14. Heat and moisture control in buildings
15. Ventilation systems
16. Heating and cooling
17. Solar energy
18. Product storage
19. Waste management
20.Farmstead planning
21. Shops and non-product storage
22. Hay, grain and silage storage
23. Greenhouses
24. Swine housing
25. Beef and sheep housing
26. Dairy cattle housing
27. Poultry housing
28. housing for alternative livestock enterprises




Index : p. 629-636

ISBN: 9780929355733 0929355733

LCCN: 96083566

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Farm buildings
Farm layout.

Dewey Class. No.: 690.87 / LIN