A barn in southern Ontario, Canada

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A barn is an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace. It may sometimes be used to house animals or store vehicles, and is often found on a farm. An example of a barn. ... An example of a barn. ... Image File history File links LightningVolt_Barn. ... Image File history File links LightningVolt_Barn. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x627, 161 KB) Opis Description: Wooden barn in Western Masovia, Poland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x627, 161 KB) Opis Description: Wooden barn in Western Masovia, Poland. ... Barn may refer to: Look up barn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...

On older style barns, the upper area was used to store hay and sometimes grain. This is called the mow. A large door at the top one of the ends of the barn opened up so hay could be put in the mow. The hay was hoisted into the barn by a system containing pulleys and a trolley that ran along a track attached to the top ridge of the barn. Rolled bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa Hay from Romania Hay is dried grass (and pasture flowers) used to feed domestic animals at places or times where there is not enough (fresh) grass or when fresh grass by itself is too rich in some qualities for easy... A pulley is a wheel with a groove along its edge, for holding a rope or cable. ...

An old expression for a person having poor aim when throwing an object or when shooting as something is 'he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.' This becomes amusing when the physics definition of a barn, a unit of exceedingly small area, is considered - although the choice of that term for capture cross section was based on the surprisingly large size of this property for a particular element. A barn (symbol b) is a unit of area. ...

Many barns in the northern United States are painted red. One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas. [1] Iron(III) oxide - also known as ferric oxide, red iron oxide, synthetic maghemite, rouge,or rust - is one of several oxide compounds of iron, and is most notable for its ferromagnetic properties. ... The Flag of Plymouth Colony, also know as the First Flag of New England First Flag of New England, 1686-c. ...

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Barn (building)

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• Farmhouse (building)

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