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218 C o n s t r u c t i o n o f th e t r a d i t i o n a l hay b a r n d e c l i n e d a f t e r th e t u r n o f t h e c e n t u r y a t a b o u t t h e same tim e l a r g e g a m b r e l- r o o f d a i r y b a r n s began t o a p p e a r ( F i g . 1 0 0 ). Though t h e l a t t e r d i d n o t f u n c t i o n a l l y r e p l a c e t h e fo rm e r, many o f t h e newer d a i r y b a r n s seem t o be b a s e d on o l d e r Mormon forms e x c e p t f o r t h e s u p e r i o r r o o f and i t s form. The l a r g e gam­ b r e l - r o o f b a r n s a r e a c t u a l l y c o p i e s o f more modern m id w estern b a r n s s e e n by Mormons i n n a t i o n a l l y d i s t r i b u t e d m a g az in e s. The g am brel r o o f was a b s e n t i n n i n e t e e n t h - c e n t u r y Mormon co u n try . In c o n t r a s t t o t h e Mormon h o u s e , t h e hay b a r n seems h a s t i l y p u t t o g e t h e r 3 w ith i n e x p e n s iv e l i g h t w e i g h t p la n k s n a i l e d v e r t i c a l l y t o a minimal frame o f w id e ly sp ac e d p o l e s . B e fo re lum ber was w id e ly a v a i l a b l e , lo g was t h e c h i e f m ate­ ria l. Log hay b a r n s were s m a l l e r th a n t h o s e o f p la n k ( F i g . 99, p. 214, and F i g . 101) and were p u t t o g e t h e r w ith l i t t l e c a r e , w i t h l i t t l e o r no c h i n k i n g , and an o v e r la p p e d s a d d l e n o tc h e d c o r n e r a s p r e v i o u s l y d i s c u s s e d . The h o rs e b a r n ( F i g s . 102, 1 0 3 ), a s e c o n d b a rn t y p e , 4 was more c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d w ith t h e home economy and was t h e r e f o r e a ty p e found on n e a r l y a l l h o m estead s e x c e p t on th o s e o f some o f t h e fa rm e rs who managed w i t h o n ly one l a r g e 3 In many f o l k c u l t u r e s ( e . g . , t h e P e n n s y lv a n ia -G e rm a n ) much p r i d e and q u a l i t y of workmanship go i n t o b a r n c o n s t r u c ­ t i o n , and b a r n s a r e o f t e n b e t t e r c o n s t r u c t e d and more exp en­ s i v e t o b u i l d th a n t h e fa m ily house ( P i l l s b u r y and K ard o s, 57, 7 4 ) . ^The two b a r n ty p e s d i s c u s s e d h e re a r e n o t u s u a l l y d e s i g n a t e d s e p a r a t e l y by t h e Mormons. They r e f e r t o b o th t y p e s s im p ly a s " b a r n s . " Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.