Editing Barn (section)

==Features==
[[Image:Barn-southern-ontario.jpg|thumb|A barn in southern [[Ontario]], Canada]]
[[File:Uster - Schloss - Nebengebäude (NW) IMG 3515.JPG|thumb|A barn of the Uster castle in the city of [[Uster]], [[Switzerland]]]]
[[File:WAK Föhlritz 02.jpg|thumb|This barn in [[Thuringia]], Germany has two ''outshots'' forming the recess to the middle barn doors.]]
A farm may have buildings of varying shapes and sizes used to shelter large and small animals and other uses.  The enclosed pens used to shelter large animals are called [[stall (animal)|stall]]s and may be located in the cellar or on the main level depending in the type of barn.  Other common areas, or features, of an American barn include:
*a [[horse tack|tack]] room (where [[bridle]]s, [[saddle]]s, etc. are kept), often set up as a [[lunchroom|breakroom]]
*a feed room, where [[compound feed|animal feed]] is stored – not typically part of a modern barn where feed bales are piled in a stackyard
*a drive bay, a wide corridor for animals or machinery
*a [[silo]] where fermented grain or hay (called [[ensilage]] or [[haylage]]) is stored.
*a milkhouse for dairy barns; an attached structure where the milk is collected and stored prior to shipment
*a grain (soy, corn, etc.) bin for dairy barns, found in the mow and usually made of wood with a chute to the ground floor providing access to the grain, making it easier to feed the cows.
*modern barns often contain an indoor corral with a squeeze chute for providing [[Veterinarian|veterinary]] treatment to sick animals.
*In North Yorkshire cowhouses would have a muck hole (muck’ole in the local dialect) to allow manure to be deposited outside the barn without the cowhand leaving the building.<ref name=":0" />
*In North Yorkshire a cowhouse would have a small door or forking hole (forking’ole in the local dialect) high up on the wall to enable fodder to be 'forked' into the baux or baulks (hayloft).<ref name=":0" />
*Some English barns would have a [[gin gang]], a semi-circular extension added to house a [[horse engine]].