Summary
A questionnaire was conducted on dairy farmers who own a freestall barn to gather information on how utilize farmer's own labor in building and maintenance of the barn.HomePage
As results, the followings were revealed. The building cost of the barns build by utilizing their own labor were about one-forth to half compared with the cost of barns build by building contractor. The farmers who build their barns using their own labor had a tendency to repair their barns by themselves and have many carpenter's tools. Damages of stall partitions due to cow forces frequently happened in freestall barns.Keywords: cattle barn, do-it-yourself, damage, tool