LOUDEN MACHINERY CO barn building farms Catalog 85 1952 Start Price USD 24.95 Current Price USD 110.00 Time Left - Bid Count 17 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Location Portland, OR See more about 'LOUDEN MACHINERY CO barn building farms Catalog 85 1952' Description LOUDEN MACHINERY CO barn building farms Catalog 85 1952 Shipping Info   Description Louden Machinery Company Better Barns Book Plan Book and Catalog #85, 1952      Published by the Louden Machinery Company, Fairfield, Iowa / Albany, New York, 1952; "Barn Plan Book and Catalog No. 85". 96 pages with index, abundantly illustrated with hundreds of b&w photographs of products and applications (many with workers and cows), company founders, many diagrams and two 2-page architectural blueprints; also has a page showing the cover art of 12 even older and scarcer Louden catalogs and manuals; the pages use blue and orange color. Includes round cardboard tag tied to corner hole with the Louden logo, "Since 1867 - Farm Building Hardware & Equipment". Very uncommon - I couldn't find any other available copies online.      Includes sections on Barn Cleaners, Planning Better Barns and Specifying Equipment (layouts, beef barns, modern steel equipment, plans, poultry houses, ventilation, etc), Carriers and Trucks (cranes, feed & fork, litter, sling, switches, track and fittings, feed and litter trucks), Concrete Work, Cow Stalls and Accessories, Hi-Dri Crop Drier, Door Track and Trolleys (garage sets, hangars, barn doors and trolleys), Hay Unloading Tools, Hog House Equipment (pens, gates, trough, etc), horse Stable Equipment (fountain or water bowl, hay racks, mangers, stalls), Building Materials, Miscellaneous (bull staff, drains, finishes, fittings, hinges, milk stool, salt cup, etc), Pens and Accessories (breeding chutes, bull paddocks, gates, pens, etc), Stanchions and Accessories (chains, anchors, Champion, Dairyland), Water Bowls, and Ventilation (electric, roof, windows - shows two roof vents with lighting rod and weather vane attached).      Stapled wraps, measuring 8.5 by 11 inches; the covers have some minor corner wear, shallow rubbing at top of spine with 1/4-inch split, hole punched through top-left corner of cover and pages; back cover has tanning and some scarring along the spine margin, pages are clean throughout, staples are tight. Condition is Very Good.      (Architecture, Art, Design, Plans, Construction, Agriculture, Farming, Ranches, Rural, Western Americana, Machinery & Equipment, Mechanical Engineering, Guides, Catalogs, Manuals, Instruction, Regional History, Business & Industry, Advertising, Promotional, Development, Research & Reference, Memorabilia & Souvenirs, Scarce & Uncommon Books).      We have many other auction items and a well-stocked eBay store - please Click Here to View Other Auctions.      PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING: Winning bidders will be automatically notified at the end of the auction.  I make an effort to communicate well with everyone;  I usually ship twice a week these days, and every item is guaranteed to be carefully and safely packed.       Shipping & handling for this item is $3.00 to anywhere in the U.S., though buyers in Alaska and Hawaii may want to request a faster option; insurance, delivery confirmation and other shipping extras must be requested by the winner. 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