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another yard, 100 feet long, 40 feet wide. Twenty-five feet of 

 this yard is covered, forming a shed on the north-west corner of 

 the barn. In the south-west corner, of the large yard is a build- 

 ing thirty-three feet square. The lower story is used for a hen- 

 nery, the next story to store farm implements, and the upper 

 part of the building I use to store and manufacture cider vinegar. 

 Boxford, October, 18GG. 



Statement of Horace C. Ware. 



I here give you a statement and plan of my barn and out- 

 buildings as near as I can. The lumber I contracted for in the 

 State of Maine last winter, and let out the most of the labor by 

 contract ; and in reckoning up, I find my large barn, 80 by 40 

 feet, with lean-to for cattle attached, 32 by 60 feet, to cost about 

 $3,250, including the cellar, without any account of my own 

 labor. I have ventilators on both barn and lean-to, with slated 

 roof; cellar under the entire building about ten feet deep, giv- 

 ing ample room to drive in and tip up a cart. Under the 

 lean-to is ample room for the making of manure. Under the 

 main barn is room for a vegetable cellar and for carts and 

 wagons ; also open to the cowyard, which faces the south, 

 where there is a never failing supply of water running. 



Nearly opposite the barn is a building which I built ten years 

 ago, at a cost of $325, when building material was much lower 

 than now. This building is 35 by 22 feet, built on a side hill, 

 the upper, as well as the lower part, being level with the ground, 

 and is used for the storage of ploughs, sleighs, mowing- 

 machines, barrels, harrows, gates in winter, and sometimes for 

 wagons. Under it is room for carts and wagons. 



My other out-buildings near the house consist of a stable for 

 horses, 25 by 20 feet, with cellar under it for hogs and manure. 

 Attached to. the stable is a one-story building, about 100 feet 

 long, and used for three open sheds, wood-house, carriage-house, 

 work-shop, tool-room for farm implements, privy and wash-room, 

 where I have a boiler and sink set, with water running when 

 desired. Under the wash-room is a cellar for the storage of 

 wash-tubs, and also for cooling off the milk before it goes to 

 market, as there is running water in this cellar. The carriage- 

 house, work-shop and tool-room, set on posts at back part, facing 

 the south, which makes a fine warm hennery to keep my hens 



