Old Gas Station Converted Into Barn For Calves

Old Gas Station Converted Into Barn For Calves LIVESTOCK Beef 21-5-38 Three years ago I converted an old gas station in Dickinson, N. Dak., into a 48-ft. wide, 56-ft. long, 14-ft. high barn for calves that I "background" to about 700 lbs. I paid $500 for the station. We had to tear the entire building down and haul it 20 miles to our home, then put it back together again. When we put it back together we removed the interior walls. It works good, but it was a big job. Half the barn is used as a heated sick pen where at any one time there will usually be 10 to 15 calves, out of my 700-animal herd. The other half is an open pen, with livestock chutes, a head gate, weigh scale, and branding equipment in one corner. The entire building is insulated except for the roof. A commercial building of comparable size would sell for $10,000 to $15,000. (Eugene Sicker, HC1, Box 86E, Manning, N. Dak. 58642 ph 701 225-0395).

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