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Pole Barns
Pole barns and other modern structures increasingly make up the agricultural scene in dairying regions. With at least one open side, these low, factory-like sheds offer a milking parlor and windbreak in inclement weather. To the west, where cash grain production is concentrated, the barn often has disappeared altogether, replaced by a wide-doored, single story, equipment shed and a series of huge, metal grain bins and filling pipes.

A few round and other non-orthagonal barns, relicts of the late 19th Century vogue for such structures, can be found here and there in Ohio. These are oddities, interesting but not important in the history of barn structures in the state. Much more important are the timber frame details of the larger range of barns.