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Vcld fashioned barn David McIntyre builds big barn 17w A big cement block and aluminum barn has risen on the farm of David McIntyre of Admaston. The framework was finished and the rafters went up Thurs- day. Perhaps it wasn’t like the raising. meâ€"wasn’t the rush and the noise that marked the raising of 50 years ago when two sides were chosen and vied with each other, each working at top speed and cheering their help- ers on to get their side of the rafters in place first. Yet there were some features that re- called the old days. Men clam- bered all over the frame, nail- ing supports and braces to keep the rafters in place until the roof is completed. Sixteen men were on the job and everyone of them had a particular job to do. Even Mr McIntyre’s daughters Heather and Ann had their part in get- ting the job done Heather was “water boy". She appeared on the scene every half hour with they all fit perfectly. He would a couple of pails of cold water to refresh the workers who were toiling in the hot sun. The new barn is 80 feet long I and 36 feet wide. It will provide shelter in the Winter for 31 head of cattle and have two box stalls in addition. The cement block #3115 are 10% feet high and the peak goes up 13 feet to 23 feet, four inches, from the ground. Gothic Pitch Roof The roof is a Gothic pitch type with seven ply laminated rafters. The rafters were made by Jim Dean of Shawville, an old hand at such work. Five months from now he will be 80 years old and for most of his life he has worked with ham- mer and saw and square. When the rafters he made were raised, have been surprised and chag- rined if they had not fitted, The bottom part of the build- ing will be used to house cattle land the top will be filled with ay. .This is service ! Jerry Larone gets a ceating of cold cream from Ann MelntyTe right on “15 job. Did this ever happen at the old time barn raisings ? __.{