Igg LOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



Floor, ten feet in the clear ; doors same width and height ; height 

 below scaffold, seven and a half feet clear; entire height of walls, 

 nineteen feet. A door is shown opening north to the pasture, four 

 feet wide and seven and a half high ; one south, same size, opening 

 to yard ; one on south-west side communicates with other buildings. 

 Stairs lead to collar and hay-loft. Passage way behind cattle stalls 

 five feet wide, admitting wheelbarrow to pass at any time to any 

 manure scuttle. Gates hanging to outer wall close passages to stalls, 

 so that any animal may occupy its place untied. Side-lights at 

 large doors, and a large window on opposite side, one sash of which 

 slides horizontally, light the stable. Four large windows, set quite 

 up to the plates, light the hay-loft. These let down at top, and are 

 left down half the year ; the two feet projection of the roof protects 

 them from all storms. Cellar is lighted by four double windows 

 and the side light at head of stairs. The open space, thirteen feet 

 long, at end of floor, admits the horse, so that the hay-cart is brought 

 to the centre of barn for unloading. 



Your committee, not being familiar with the use of descriptive 

 mechanical language and terms, must proceed in their own way, at 

 the risk of being misunderstood. 



A brief view of this structure may interest and aid the novice, 

 however worthless it may be to the accomplished mechanic. Having 

 laid out the site, we proceeded to remove the earth to the depth of 

 about three feet, then dug a trench a little wider than the designed 

 foundation, to the proper depth, and laid the cellar wall of granite 

 which had been split from boulders to remove them from arable land. 

 This wall was raised six feet, to the surface of the ground, on which 

 was set granite underpinning, showing two feet above. Four granite 

 posts, set deep, support interior sills. The cart-way from east side 

 of cellar is ten feet wide, closed by double doors, secured on outside 

 by strong cross bars, to hold the pressure of. a manure heap. 



Sills and sleepers are of selected cedar ; outer sills seven by seven 

 inches, on top of which is pinned a plank four inches wide. The entire 

 floor is then laid of two inch plank, resting thi-ee inches on outer 

 sills, leaving stairway and a sufficient number of scuttles for passing 

 manure, roots, (n* material for compost into any desired part of cellar. 

 The cattle stalls are afterwards planked within division walls, the 

 forward end of planks raised two inches from under floor. Slots 



