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here have 15+10,6M-10,61=36,22-=-2=18,llXlo=271,65X4= 

 1086,60X20=21,732 cubic feet, showing a gain by this approach 

 to the form of the circle, of 3732 feet in this small barn ; the capa- 

 cities of the two being as 6 to 5. In most cases, it proves good 

 economy to unite in the erection of a barn as many objects, purposes 

 and conveniences as practicable, saving the expense of numerous 

 smaller buildings, and a loss in time and travel in conducting each 

 day's routine of business. An octagon of fifteen feet in the sides is 

 too small for a farmer, yet many suburban occupants of a few acres 

 •will find this size just the thing wanted. 



One of your committee a few years since changed his residence, 

 taking a few acres of land with unfinished buildino;s, and wanting a 

 barn. We decided on the octagon, but never havino- seen a buildingr 



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in that form, and no mechanic being at hand with the skill to aid 

 us, what we did in the case is claimed as an original thing with tis, 

 and may be pertinent for the occasioUj inasmuch as it may add our 

 test of the thing to theory. 



The plat of ground favored our design for a cellar under the 

 whole, eight feet deep, and a cart-way leading out on a level. The 

 cut (figure 1,) shows the floor plan. 



Fiff. 1. 

 Scale 15 feet to the ioch. Diameter of barn 30 ft. 2k inches. 



