Holy Barn Batman!

[AngusLimoX]

My barn has holes in it, about 4 inches off the floor and about every 8 feet. Holes are about 6 inches in diameter and consist of tile set in the concrete wall of the barn. The barn was built in the mid-50's.

The farm was dairy then, and was a profitable dairy farm until I bought it in 2001 and converted it into an unprofitable beef operation.

I asked the fellow who owned it in the 70's what the holes were for, and he had no idea.

Way too close to the ground to be gun ports. :lol:

Way too high to be drainage as water would be running out the doors before reaching the holes.

Any ideas??

 

[IluvABbeef]

Could it be to help with air flow/circulation in the barn so it wouldn't get so stuffy, maybe?

 

[Ryan]

Could it be to help with air flow/circulation in the barn so it wouldn't get so stuffy, maybe?

Thats the first thing that came to my mind, too.

 

[dun]

A flush system maybe? The confinement type free stall dairys around here have huge tanks that they pump water from the lagoon into then open a valve and flush it through the barn to wash the floor.

dun

 

[AngusLimoX]

A flush system maybe? The confinement type free stall dairys around here have huge tanks that they pump water from the lagoon into then open a valve and flush it through the barn to wash the floor.

dun

Now thats what the fella that owned it before guessed dun.

Shoulda said it was set up for 40 cows, tie stall, head to head.

The barn is lined with 3'X4' windows. Shoulda grabbed a photo guys, sorry.( But it's well over a 100 here and I am hidin inside, I don't know how you Texans/Floridians - southern folks stand it!)

 

[backhoeboogie]

But it's well over a 100 here and I am hidin inside, I don't know how you Texans/Floridians - southern folks stand it!

After you have swung sledge hammers in the sun on a 105 degree day, or fought fires that were taking out most of your farm, 98 degrees in the shade feels pretty good. 105 degrees in the shade is tolerable.

Wet your shirt and stand in the breeze. It will put chill bumps on you at 100 degrees. The problem is the wind dries the shirt in just a few minutes so you keep having to dunk it in a can of water. But it will keep you alive if you have to fight fires and such. Drink water continually.

 

[sidney411]

Maybe pipe holes for feed augers?

I never realized it got that hot in Canada, do you have high humidity there or is is dry heat?

 

[Tod Dague]

A flush system maybe? The confinement type free stall dairys around here have huge tanks that they pump water from the lagoon into then open a valve and flush it through the barn to wash the floor.

dun

Now thats what the fella that owned it before guessed dun.

Shoulda said it was set up for 40 cows, tie stall, head to head.

The barn is lined with 3'X4' windows. Shoulda grabbed a photo guys, sorry.( But it's well over a 100 here and I am hidin inside, I don't know how you Texans/Floridians - southern folks stand it!)

After years of conditioning you get as used to it as you can. It is the cold I can't stand, anything under 40 and I hurt all over.