DIVll<ru.\ OF AMilAL UL.'iBAXDRI 413 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, STE. ANNE DB LA POCATIERE, 



QUE. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, JOS. BEGIN. 



HORSES. 



At present, seven horses tire in the stables on this Farm, these being used entirely 

 for labour jjurpases. Although this number is iiisuffieiont for carrying on the work of 

 this Farm, j'et owing to the limited stabling facilities previous to the erection of the 

 new horse barn, it was impossible to keep the proper number. This number will be 

 increased from time to time, to which will also be added 'ii number of mares for breed- 

 ing purjioses. 



HORSE BAEX. 



In 1913, on the Experimental Station, Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Que., a new 

 horse barn was erected, capable of accommodating fifteen horses. The accompanying 

 plans and photographs of this barn are for the most part self-explanatory. A few 

 additional remarks, however, may help make some points 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 of the plank frame type. All timbers through- 

 out this barn in the frame are 2- by 6-inch 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 type 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 lumber 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 (Lino- 

 felt) with slieathing 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 building paper 

 and matclicd lumber, making the same dust-proof, while on the uuTlerside the ceiling 

 is sheathed witli matched lumber. 



DIMENSIONS, 



The barn is 76 feet 6 inches in length and 32 feet in width, with a wing 20 feet 

 in width and 26 feet in length. The main barn accommodate* thirteen tie stalls, two 

 box stalls and a carriage shed. The wing accomihodates feed room, harness room, 

 stairway, and meal storage room above. The stalls are 9 feet in length and vary 

 in width from 5 to G feet. The box stalls are 11 feet 6 inches by 13 feet 6 inches. 

 The drive shed is 18 by 30 feet. The passage between the two rows of tie-stalls is 12 

 feet in width. 



