The dairy barn, when properly located should have a good approach from the highway, as well as from the farm house. Generally, it is economical to produce fodder on the farm and to buy concentrates from the market, and thus are can afford to have a large size hard than if its farm itself had to provide all the feed stuffs. The size of the hard is usually determined on the basis of the total quantity of fodder the farm is capable of producing annually. Before a new dairy barn is planned the future expansion of the business should also be considered. Milk straining, weighing, cooling and cleaning of the milk utensils require significant of labour and therefore the location of a well planned milk house should be carefully chosen. The location of the fodder and feeder storage buildings should be included in the plan.

The requirements of the dairy cows and calves should also be considered before any construction work is undertaken. When planning a new dairy form, the size and location of barn with relation to the entire farm, the fields, roads, drainage channels, prevailing winds and landscaping are of importance are of importance and should be considered. The sheds for housing the clarity cows and poultry hers are dealt in detail.

In the case of high velocity wind also, animals are affected and hence to protect them from wind droughts, enclosures is of provided. The space available for each animal should be sufficient to allow free movement so as to maximize the ability to adjust to the environments. So to maintain the in properly, a shed is to be provided with a roof. The rapid increase in temperature and extreme temperatures affects the animals. The kindof shelter required for an animal depends upon the kind of animal and the climate condition of the region. Hence for better management and breeding of the farm animals in healthy condition animal shelters are inevitable. The integration of farming with animal husbandry is essential for the fuller utilization of farm by products maintenance of soil fertility fuller employment ofr agriculturists throughout the year and increase in rural incomes. Therefore special emphasis is laid on mixed farming, in which crop production and animal husbandry are dovetailed for efficient and economic utilization of land laboures and capital. The prospects of augmenting the supply of milk and milk products, table birds, eggs etc depends on the development of dairy farming and poultry keeping which are an integral part of a sound system of diversified agriculture. The demand for these articles has specially increased and with the rise in income it is likely to increase more rapidly in future. In India, the need for expanding the supplementary and subsidiary foods especially proteins has been increasingly realized in recent years.

Dairy barn design space