2006-07-05 09:08:46 · 7 answers · asked by Cinful_One 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Red paint was cheap, and long ago we did not have the one million choices of today.
2006-07-05 09:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferric oxide (rust), a primary component of red paint, is inexpensive and this appealed to the thrifty farmers of New England and New York State. Red is the predominant barn color in that region. Natives of these areas were the early settlers of the Great Lakes states migrating there via the Erie Canal and the Lakes.
2006-07-05 16:27:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White Barns are Dairy Farms and Red Barns Cattle as in Beef
2006-07-05 17:09:26 · answer #3 · answered by Fanuc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shut up...I was going to ask this question because one day my mom and I were driving from Rockford to Aurora and we noticed all the pretty farmland and my mom asked me why a lot of the barns were red....I would really like to know this too...sorry if this wasnt an answer...hehe...
2006-07-05 16:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep away the aliens
2006-07-05 16:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by RuneWitchSakura1988 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
originally it was so the crop dusters could tell where the Fields were?????????
2006-07-05 16:38:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not? what color would you suggest?
2006-07-05 16:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by cynicalcall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋