408 EXPERIMEXTAZ FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 Their feed bills were as follows: — 



Hay, 45 tons at $S $ 360 00 



Oil caVe, 1 ton at $20 20 00 



Oats, 2,450 bushels at 4S to 55 cents 1,255 25 



Corn, 6,200 pounds ' 106 50 



Turnips. 350 bushels at S cents .. 28 00 



Bran, 8,000 pounds at $1S per ton 72 00 



Straw, 2S tons at $4-50 to $10 168 00 



$2,009 75 



Services of mares SO 00 



Shoeing 137 40 



Stable supplies, veterinary attendance, medicines, etc 75 00 



Six per cent interest on cost price, $5,100 30G 00 



Ten per cent depreciation 510 00 



Gross expenditure $3,118 15 



Profit 1.150 77 



$4,268 92 



In the above statement nothing is allowed for the earning of the driving mare nor 

 the odd grade Clydesdale, nor is the manure valued; which all might be placed against 

 the attendance of one stableman, and depreciation of harness, clothing, etc. 



HOESE BAEN. 



In 1913, on the Experimental Station, Eredericton, N.B., a new horse barn was 

 erected, capable of accommodating fifteen horses. The accompanying plans and photo- 

 graphs of this bam are for the most part self-explanatory. A few additional remarks, 

 however, may help make some poijits more intelligible. 



FOUNDATION. 



The foundation of this barn is a concrete wall 12 inches in thickness and 2 feet 

 in height, the same resting on a concrete footing 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. 



SUPERSTRUCTURE. 



The superstructure is of wood, built on the plank frame type. All timbers through- 

 out .this barn in the frame are 2- by 0-ineh plank, excepting the joists of the loft floor 

 which are made of 2- by 10-inch planks, and the girths supporting this floor, made of 

 five ply 2- by 10-inch planks. This type of structure is exceedingly strong and is very 

 economical in that it requires less lumber for construction and is more economical in 

 erection than the square-timbered tyiae of barn. 



Special attention is drawn to the economic structure of the walls of this barn, 

 which, starting at the outside, are composed of: vertical inch dressed liunber with 

 battens over joints, two ply building paper, 6-inch studs and posts with air space 

 between and, on the inside of stable, one ply of specially prepared building paper 

 (Linofelt), with sheathing on the inside. The ceiling or upper floor is constructed 

 of one ply of rough boards placed diagonally over joists, covered by one ply of build- 

 ing paper and matched lumber, making the same dust-proof, while on the underside 

 the ceiling is sheathed with matched lumber. 



DIMENSIONS. 



The barn is 89 feet inches in length and 32 feet in Avidth, with a wing 20 feet 

 in width and 2G feet in length. The main barn accommodates fifteen tie stalls, and 

 six box stalls. The wing accommodates feed room, harness room, a stairway, and 



Eredericton. 



